Flights Charlotte → Philadelphia
CLT → PHL
Route overview
The flight route from Charlotte to Philadelphia operates with a high frequency of 852 flights, utilizing various aircraft models including the Boeing 767 and Airbus A320. With an on-time performance rate of 74%, these flights experience an average delay of 16.7 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at 28,131,972 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 Charlotte (CLT) → Philadelphia (PHL) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 1169 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.74%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Philadelphia: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlotte (CLT) to Philadelphia (PHL) heads north-east for about 721 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 19m.
Departures from Charlotte on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 36% of CLT-PHL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Philadelphia it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,169 tracked CLT-PHL flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 2.7% 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-PHL
On the Charlotte (CLT) -> Philadelphia (PHL) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 1169 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlotte-Philadelphia is 2.74% across 1169 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.
