Flights Chicago → Charlotte
ORD → CLT
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Charlotte operates with a mix of aircraft including Airbus A321, Airbus A320, Embraer 190, and Airbus A319. With an on-time performance rate of 72%, the flights experience an average delay of 22.6 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic with over 47 million 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 Chicago (ORD) → Charlotte (CLT) route is operated by American Airlines, United Airlines. Across 1435 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 21 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.65%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 30.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charlotte: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Charlotte (CLT) heads south-east for about 965 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 38m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 42% of ORD-CLT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charlotte it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,435 tracked ORD-CLT flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 21 min and a 2.6% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about ORD-CLT
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Charlotte (CLT) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 21 minutes, based on 1435 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Charlotte is 2.65% across 1435 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, United 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.
