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JAX vs CLT - 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
JAX

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville, Florida

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Airport B
CLT

Charlotte, NC

Charlotte, North Carolina

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric JAX CLT
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 80.4% 82.0%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 76.3 min 81.1 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 19.6% 18.0%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.22% 1.10%
Total Flights 316,106 2,345,248
Delayed Flights 62,021 421,203
Cancelled Flights 3,857 25,904
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

JAX - Jacksonville, FL

Late Aircraft 44.7%
Carrier 31.6%
NAS 18.3%
Weather 5.3%
Security 0.1%

CLT - Charlotte, NC

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

Top Routes

Top routes from JAX

Route Flights On-Time
JAX → ATL
Atlanta
24,108 88%
ATL → JAX
Jacksonville
24,075 80.6%
CLT → JAX
Jacksonville
13,224 78.6%
JAX → CLT
Charlotte
13,223 82.9%
JAX → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
10,202 79.7%
DFW → JAX
Jacksonville
10,201 73.2%

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%

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.