Flight profile · PSA Airlines
OH5242
Dayton (DAY) to Charlotte (CLT) · scheduled 8:38 AM – 10:25 AM
How OH5242 performs
582 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-29.
OH5242 arrived on time 87.7% of the time, against 81.8% for all DAY → CLT flights — this specific departure is 6.0 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against PSA Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 5.9 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 582 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-29
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH5242 | 87.7% | 0.52% | -9 min | 4.8% | 582 |
| PSA Airlines on DAY → CLT | 81.8% | 0.92% | -8 min | 7.7% | 4,020 |
| All DAY → CLT flights | 81.8% | 0.92% | -8 min | 7.7% | 4,022 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-29
Other routes OH5242 has flown
A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECP→CLT Panama City Beach to Charlotte | 2026-03-08 – 2026-04-06 | 26 | — |
| PWM→PHL Portland to Philadelphia | 2025-11-27 – 2026-02-11 | 56 | — |
| TLH→DFW Tallahassee to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2025-12-03 – 2025-12-17 | 15 | — |
| DFW→TUL Dallas–Fort Worth to Tulsa | 2025-11-22 – 2025-11-29 | 2 | — |
| TUL→DFW Tulsa to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2025-11-22 – 2025-11-29 | 2 | — |
| TYS→CLT Knoxville/Maryville to Charlotte | 2025-11-02 – 2025-11-02 | 1 | — |
| SGF→DFW Springfield to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2024-09-04 – 2024-11-04 | 61 | — |
| DFW→LIT Dallas–Fort Worth to Little Rock | 2024-08-06 – 2024-09-03 | 28 | — |
| CLT→ABE Charlotte to Allentown/Bethlehem | 2024-06-05 – 2024-08-05 | 61 | — |
| SDF→CLT Louisville to Charlotte | 2024-05-07 – 2024-06-04 | 29 | — |
| DCA→MYR Washington to Myrtle Beach | 2024-04-06 – 2024-05-04 | 5 | — |
| SHV→DFW Shreveport to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-07-01 – 2023-10-04 | 55 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route OH5242 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why OH5242 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for OH5242 on DAY → CLT. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on DAY → CLT
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH5234 | PSA Airlines | 89.1% | 9 min early | 667 |
| OH5385 | PSA Airlines | 84.1% | 10 min early | 622 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 582 records of OH5242 operating DAY → CLT, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.