CLT → COUCharlotte to Columbia

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Direct flights from Charlotte (CLT) to Columbia (COU): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. No cancellations were recorded across the 1 tracked flight. The nonstop covers 1,077 km, an estimated 1 hour 53 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Charlotte and Columbia. Updated 2 November 2026 at 00:39 UTC.

Today, CLT → COU

Sun 1 Nov · local times
AA399080 min late

The CLT board at 19:39 shows departure at 22:40 instead of 21:20, gate E13.

Later cancelled
1.8%of 17,354 past AA flights whose board showed 70 min or more late
Still to leave today
No other nonstoplast CLT to COU departure of the day
Track AA3990 →
  1. 21:20 AA3990 Est. 22:40 +80Gate E13 ·

Checked CLT board 19:39

CLT Charlotte smooth · +8
COU Columbia tracking
1,077 km · ~1h 53m est.
departs 21:207x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 7x weekly · nonstop
88 / 100

route health from live CLT and COU delay boards

0 of 1 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Flight time~1h 53mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures7x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
American Airlines

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
American AirlinesAA

Flights AA3744 21:20 daily

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-29AA3744departed+2

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
CLTCharlotte +8 min smooth 🌤 overcast · ENE 9 kt Full CLT delay board →
COUColumbia tracking Full COU delay board →

How the Charlotte to Columbia route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop CLT to COU flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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CLT to COU questions

Is CLT–COU running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. The departure side at CLT is the weaker end, route health score 88/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from CLT to COU?

Great-circle distance is 1,077 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 106–122 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does CLT–COU fly?

American Airlines runs the route with about 7 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at CLT and arrival-side delay at COU, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.