Flights Charlotte → San Diego
CLT → SAN
Route overview
The flight route from Charlotte to San Diego operates with an average on-time performance of 82%, experiencing a mean delay of 12.9 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 369 flights using Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft, serving the highly trafficked San Diego International Airport, which opened in 1928 and currently handles over 22 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) → San Diego (SAN) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 484 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 0.21%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Diego: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlotte (CLT) to San Diego (SAN) heads west for about 3,335 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 35m.
Departures from Charlotte on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 51% of CLT-SAN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Diego it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 484 tracked CLT-SAN flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 0.2% 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-SAN
On the Charlotte (CLT) -> San Diego (SAN) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 484 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlotte-San Diego is 0.21% across 484 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.
