Flights Salt Lake City → Charlotte
SLC → CLT
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Charlotte operates with an average on-time performance of 85%, experiencing a mean delay of 12.7 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 232 flights using Airbus A320 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 47.8 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 Salt Lake City (SLC) → Charlotte (CLT) route is operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines. Across 311 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.32%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 10.4/100 (low), 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 Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charlotte: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Charlotte (CLT) heads east for about 2,774 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 53m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of SLC-CLT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charlotte it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 311 tracked SLC-CLT flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 0.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about SLC-CLT
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Charlotte (CLT) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 311 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Charlotte is 0.32% across 311 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines.
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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.
