Flights Buffalo → Charlotte
BUF → CLT
Route overview
The flight route from Buffalo to Charlotte operates with a high level of punctuality, with 79% of flights arriving on time. Over the course of a year, an average delay for delayed flights is approximately 13.8 minutes, and the route sees a total of 275 flights annually. The aircraft used include Airbus A320, Airbus A319, Boeing 737, and Boeing 737-400 models, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 47.8 million passengers per year.
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 Buffalo (BUF) → Charlotte (CLT) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 367 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.09%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.5/100 (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 Buffalo the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charlotte: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Buffalo (BUF) to Charlotte (CLT) heads south for about 880 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 31m.
Departures from Buffalo on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 34% of BUF-CLT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Buffalo the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charlotte it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 367 tracked BUF-CLT flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 4.1% 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 BUF-CLT
On the Buffalo (BUF) -> Charlotte (CLT) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 367 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Buffalo-Charlotte is 4.09% across 367 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.
