Flights Charlotte → Chattanooga
CLT → CHA
Route overview
The flight route from Charlotte to Chattanooga operates with a high level of punctuality, with 85% of flights arriving on time. Over the past year, there have been 602 total flights on this route, each experiencing an average delay of just 5 minutes. The destination airport serves approximately 836,986 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) → Chattanooga (CHA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 775 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.03%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Chattanooga the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chattanooga: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlotte (CLT) to Chattanooga (CHA) heads west for about 388 km, a flight time of roughly 54m.
Departures from Charlotte on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 39% of CLT-CHA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chattanooga it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 775 tracked CLT-CHA flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 1.0% 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-CHA
On the Charlotte (CLT) -> Chattanooga (CHA) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 775 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlotte-Chattanooga is 1.03% across 775 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.
