Flights Charlotte → Birmingham
CLT → BHM
Route overview
The flight route from Charlotte to Birmingham has an on-time performance rate of 80%, with average delays of 10.3 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees 413 flights, serving the high traffic Birmingham airport which handles approximately 2,653,207 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 Charlotte (CLT) → Birmingham (BHM) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 596 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.52%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Birmingham: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlotte (CLT) to Birmingham (BHM) heads west for about 564 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 8m.
Departures from Charlotte on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 38% of CLT-BHM flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Birmingham it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 596 tracked CLT-BHM flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 2.5% 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 CLT-BHM
On the Charlotte (CLT) -> Birmingham (BHM) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 596 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlotte-Birmingham is 2.52% across 596 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.
