Flights St. Louis → Charlotte
STL → CLT
Route overview
The flight route from St. Louis to Charlotte operates with an Airbus A319 and has a high on-time performance rate of 83%, with an average delay of just 9.1 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees 387 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, which 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 St. Louis (STL) → Charlotte (CLT) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 534 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.69%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.2/100 (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 St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charlotte: what to expect in this direction
Flying from St. Louis (STL) to Charlotte (CLT) heads east for about 924 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 35m.
Departures from St. Louis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 54% of STL-CLT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charlotte it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 534 tracked STL-CLT flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 1.7% 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 STL-CLT
On the St. Louis (STL) -> Charlotte (CLT) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 534 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on St. Louis-Charlotte is 1.69% across 534 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.
