Flights BRISTOL → Charlotte
TRI → CLT
Route overview
The flight route from Bristol to Charlotte operates with high punctuality, as evidenced by an 89% on-time performance rate. Over the course of a year, it records an average delay of just 2.6 minutes per flight, with a total of 476 flights using the De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 Dash 8 aircraft. The destination airport serves over 47 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The BRISTOL (TRI) → Charlotte (CLT) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 623 flights monitored in recent months, 88% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 3 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.93%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from BRISTOL the average ATFM delay is 1.5 minutes.
Heading to Charlotte: what to expect in this direction
Flying from BRISTOL (TRI) to Charlotte (CLT) heads south-east for about 193 km, a flight time of roughly 40m.
Departures from BRISTOL on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 40% of TRI-CLT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing BRISTOL the average ATFM delay is 1.5 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Charlotte it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 623 tracked TRI-CLT flights, 88% left on time with an average delay of 3 min and a 1.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about TRI-CLT
On the BRISTOL (TRI) -> Charlotte (CLT) route, on-time performance is 88% with an average delay of 3 minutes, based on 623 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on BRISTOL-Charlotte is 1.93% across 623 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
