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CLT vs MLI - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
CLT

Charlotte, NC

Charlotte, North Carolina

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Airport B
MLI

Moline, IL

Moline, Illinois

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric CLT MLI
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 82.0% 83.4%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 81.1 min 88.4 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 18.0% 16.6%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.10% 1.37%
Total Flights 2,345,248 45,407
Delayed Flights 421,203 7,550
Cancelled Flights 25,904 621
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Carrier

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

CLT - Charlotte, NC

Late Aircraft 44.3%
Carrier 31.4%
NAS 16.4%
Weather 7.6%
Security 0.4%

MLI - Moline, IL

Carrier 40.1%
Late Aircraft 33.2%
NAS 16.7%
Weather 10.0%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from CLT

Route Flights On-Time
CLT → ATL
Atlanta
29,653 84.4%
ATL → CLT
Charlotte
29,651 84.6%
CLT → LGA
New York
28,574 77.9%
LGA → CLT
Charlotte
28,570 84%
CLT → MCO
Orlando
27,975 75.4%
MCO → CLT
Charlotte
27,972 79.5%

Top routes from MLI

Route Flights On-Time
MLI → ORD
Chicago
7,138 83.6%
ORD → MLI
Moline
7,134 80.5%
DFW → MLI
Moline
4,369 81%
MLI → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
4,368 82.9%
ATL → MLI
Moline
3,567 87.2%
MLI → ATL
Atlanta
3,566 88.2%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.