Flights Charlotte → Washington
CLT → DCA
Route overview
The flight route from Charlotte to Washington has a 75% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 13.9 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the past year, this route has seen 610 total flights operated by Airbus A319, Airbus A320, and Embraer 190 aircraft, serving a destination airport that opened in 1938 and currently handles over 25 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) → Washington (DCA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 873 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.83%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlotte (CLT) to Washington (DCA) heads north-east for about 533 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 5m.
Departures from Charlotte on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 37% of CLT-DCA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 873 tracked CLT-DCA flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 1.8% 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-DCA
On the Charlotte (CLT) -> Washington (DCA) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 873 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlotte-Washington is 1.83% across 873 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.
