Flights San Juan → Charlotte
SJU → CLT
Route overview
The flight route from San Juan to Charlotte operates with an average on-time performance of 81%, experiencing a mean delay of 11.8 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 351 flights using Airbus A321 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles approximately 47,758,605 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 San Juan (SJU) → Charlotte (CLT) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 462 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.43%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.5/100 (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 San Juan the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charlotte: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Juan (SJU) to Charlotte (CLT) heads north-west for about 2,376 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 23m.
Departures from San Juan on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 42% of SJU-CLT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Juan the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charlotte it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 462 tracked SJU-CLT flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 0.4% 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 SJU-CLT
On the San Juan (SJU) -> Charlotte (CLT) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 462 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Juan-Charlotte is 0.43% across 462 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.
