Flights Phoenix → Charlotte
PHX → CLT
Route overview
The flight route from Phoenix to Charlotte operates with high punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 92%. Over the course of a year, it sees 774 flights using Airbus A321 and A320 aircraft, with an average delay of just 3.5 minutes per flight. The destination airport serves over 47 million passengers annually, making it one of the busiest in the country.
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 Phoenix (PHX) → Charlotte (CLT) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 1016 flights monitored in recent months, 90% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.69%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.5/100 (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 Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charlotte: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Phoenix (PHX) to Charlotte (CLT) heads east for about 2,848 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 59m.
Departures from Phoenix on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 46% of PHX-CLT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charlotte it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,016 tracked PHX-CLT flights, 90% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 0.7% 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 PHX-CLT
On the Phoenix (PHX) -> Charlotte (CLT) route, on-time performance is 90% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 1016 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Phoenix-Charlotte is 0.69% across 1016 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.
