Flights Charlotte → Denver
CLT → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Charlotte to Denver operates with an average on-time performance of 80%, experiencing a mean delay of 10.6 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 684 flights using primarily Airbus A321 and A320 aircraft, serving the busy Denver International Airport which opened in 1989 and currently handles over 82 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 Charlotte (CLT) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 922 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.30%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlotte (CLT) to Denver (DEN) heads west for about 2,148 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 6m.
Departures from Charlotte on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 53% of CLT-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 922 tracked CLT-DEN flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 1.3% 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-DEN
On the Charlotte (CLT) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 922 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlotte-Denver is 1.30% across 922 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.
