Flights Valparaiso → Charlotte
VPS → CLT
Route overview
The flight route from Valparaiso to Charlotte operates with an 84% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 11.8 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen a total of 266 flights using Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft, departing from Valparaiso's historic airport which opened in 1935 and heading to Charlotte Douglas International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the United States with over 47 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 Valparaiso (VPS) → Charlotte (CLT) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 359 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.34%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.9/100 (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 Valparaiso the average ATFM delay is 2.1 minutes.
Heading to Charlotte: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Valparaiso (VPS) to Charlotte (CLT) heads north-east for about 740 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 21m.
Departures from Valparaiso on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 64% of VPS-CLT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Valparaiso the average ATFM delay is 2.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Charlotte it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 359 tracked VPS-CLT flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 3.3% 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 VPS-CLT
On the Valparaiso (VPS) -> Charlotte (CLT) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 359 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Valparaiso-Charlotte is 3.34% across 359 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.
