Flights Charlotte → Los Angeles
CLT → LAX
Route overview
The flight route from Charlotte to Los Angeles operates with an average on-time performance of 79%, experiencing a mean delay of 11.2 minutes per flight. With a total of 512 flights annually, the route utilizes Airbus A321 aircraft and connects to one of the busiest airports in the world, Los Angeles International Airport, which opened in 1926 and serves approximately 76,587,980 passengers each 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 Charlotte (CLT) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 748 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.80%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlotte (CLT) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads west for about 3,413 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 41m.
Departures from Charlotte on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 42% of CLT-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 748 tracked CLT-LAX flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.8% 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-LAX
On the Charlotte (CLT) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 748 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlotte-Los Angeles is 0.80% across 748 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.
