Flights Charlotte → Salt Lake City
CLT → SLC
How long is the flight from Charlotte to Salt Lake City?
The flight from Charlotte (CLT) to Salt Lake City (SLC) takes 4h on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Charlotte to Salt Lake City operates with an average on-time performance of 83%, experiencing a mean delay of just 5.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 232 flights using Airbus A320 aircraft, serving one of the busiest destination airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at 25,752,783 passengers.
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) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines. Across 593 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.67%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlotte (CLT) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads west for about 2,774 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 0m.
Departures from Charlotte on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 68% of CLT-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 593 tracked CLT-SLC flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 0.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 85% | 1 min | 0.8% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 79% | 6 min | 1.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about CLT-SLC
The flight from Charlotte (CLT) to Salt Lake City (SLC) takes 4h on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Charlotte (CLT) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 593 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlotte-Salt Lake City is 0.67% across 593 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Salt Lake City, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
