Flights Charlotte → St. Louis
CLT → STL
Route overview
The flight route from Charlotte to St. Louis operates with an average on-time performance of 76%, experiencing a mean delay of 13.8 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 386 flights using Airbus A319 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles approximately 13,665,517 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) → St. Louis (STL) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 533 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.50%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to St. Louis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlotte (CLT) to St. Louis (STL) heads north-west for about 924 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 35m.
Departures from Charlotte on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 38% of CLT-STL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into St. Louis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 533 tracked CLT-STL flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 1.5% 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-STL
On the Charlotte (CLT) -> St. Louis (STL) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 533 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlotte-St. Louis is 1.50% across 533 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.
