CLT
Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Charlotte Douglas International Airport (IATA: CLT, ICAO: KCLT) is a large airport in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It opened in 1935. It has 3 runways; the longest is 10,000 ft (3,048 m). In 2025 it handled 51.9 million passengers.
Timeline
4 events · 1935–20031935
OpenedCharlotte Douglas International Airport opens.
11 SEP 1974
DisasterEastern Air Lines Flight 212.72 killed
02 JUL 1994
DisasterUSAir Flight 1016.37 killed
08 JAN 2003
DisasterAir Midwest Flight 5481.21 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF01R/19L356° / 176° · LIT
LENGTH10,000 ft3,048 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
01L/19R356° / 176° · LIT
LENGTH9,000 ft2,743 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
18/36176° / 356° · LIT
LENGTH8,676 ft2,644 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–202544.3M
44.6M
43.6M
44.6M
44.7M
48.5M
26.2M
41.9M
46.3M
52.0M
57.3M
51.9M
141516171819202122232425
Routes
112 destinations · 5 countriesYear-round99
GSPGreenville-Spartanburg International AirportUnited States · American Eagle121 km75 miGSOPiedmont Triad International AirportUnited States · American Eagle134 km83 miCAEColumbia Metropolitan AirportUnited States · American Eagle143 km89 miAVLAsheville Regional AirportUnited States · American Eagle147 km91 miFLOFlorence Regional AirportUnited States · American Eagle160 km99 miFAYFayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis FieldUnited States · American Eagle189 km117 miTRITri-Cities Regional TN/VA AirportUnited States · American Eagle193 km120 miAGSAugusta Regional At Bush FieldUnited States · American Eagle225 km140 miROARoanoke–Blacksburg Regional AirportUnited States · American Eagle250 km155 miMYRMyrtle Beach International AirportUnited States · American Eagle251 km156 miCHSCharleston International AirportUnited States · American Eagle271 km168 miLYHLynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn FieldUnited States · American Eagle282 km175 miTYSMcGhee Tyson AirportUnited States · American Eagle284 km176 miILMWilmington International AirportUnited States · American Eagle297 km185 miLWBGreenbrier Valley AirportUnited States · American Eagle298 km185 miOAJAlbert J Ellis AirportUnited States · American Eagle306 km190 miPGVPitt-Greenville AirportUnited States · American Eagle326 km203 miHHHHilton Head AirportUnited States · American Eagle333 km207 miSAVSavannah Hilton Head International AirportUnited States · American Eagle344 km214 miEWNCoastal Carolina Regional AirportUnited States · American Eagle355 km221 miCRWYeager AirportUnited States · American Eagle356 km221 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, Delta Air Lines365 km227 miHTSTri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson FieldUnited States · American Eagle379 km235 miSHDShenandoah Valley Regional AirportUnited States · American Eagle385 km239 miCHAChattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field)United States · American Eagle388 km241 miCHOCharlottesville Albemarle AirportUnited States · American Eagle394 km245 miRICRichmond International AirportUnited States · American Eagle412 km256 miLEXBlue Grass AirportUnited States · American Eagle453 km281 miPHFNewport News Williamsburg International AirportUnited States · American Eagle453 km281 miORFNorfolk International AirportUnited States · American Eagle465 km289 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · American Eagle517 km321 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, Southwest Airlines528 km328 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Eagle533 km331 miHSVHuntsville International AirportUnited States · American Eagle535 km332 miCVGCincinnati Northern Kentucky International AirportUnited States · American Eagle539 km335 miSDFLouisville Muhammad Ali International AirportUnited States · American Eagle539 km335 miCMHJohn Glenn Columbus International AirportUnited States · American Eagle559 km347 miBHMBirmingham-Shuttlesworth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle564 km350 miBWIBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines581 km361 miDAYJames M. Cox Dayton International AirportUnited States · American Eagle596 km370 miSBYSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional AirportUnited States · American Eagle596 km370 miMGMMontgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) AirportUnited States · American Eagle599 km372 miTLHTallahassee International AirportUnited States · American Eagle623 km387 miGNVGainesville Regional AirportUnited States · American Eagle627 km390 miCAKAkron Canton Regional AirportUnited States · American Eagle636 km395 miMDTHarrisburg International AirportUnited States · American Eagle664 km413 miEVVEvansville Regional AirportUnited States · American Eagle666 km414 miDABDaytona Beach International AirportUnited States · American Eagle671 km417 miSCEState College Regional AirportUnited States · American Eagle683 km424 miECPNorthwest Florida Beaches International AirportUnited States · American Eagle705 km438 miVPSDestin-Fort Walton Beach AirportUnited States · American Eagle740 km460 miFWAFort Wayne International AirportUnited States · American Eagle741 km460 miERIErie International Tom Ridge FieldUnited States · American Eagle767 km477 miABELehigh Valley International AirportUnited States · American Eagle773 km480 miPNSPensacola International AirportUnited States · American Eagle786 km488 miMLBMelbourne Orlando International AirportUnited States · American Eagle791 km492 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines806 km501 miAVPWilkes-Barre/Scranton International AirportUnited States · American Eagle819 km509 miMEMFrederick W. Smith International AirportUnited States · American Eagle821 km510 miVRBVero Beach Regional AirportUnited States · American Eagle842 km523 miMOBMobile Regional AirportUnited States · American Eagle846 km526 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines850 km528 miSBNSouth Bend International AirportUnited States · American Eagle860 km534 miJANJackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International AirportUnited States · American Eagle903 km561 miHPNWestchester County AirportUnited States · American Eagle907 km564 miROCFrederick Douglass Greater Rochester International AirportUnited States · American Eagle923 km574 miGPTGulfport Biloxi International AirportUnited States · American Eagle928 km577 miMDWChicago Midway International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines940 km584 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · American Eagle, Air Canada Express948 km589 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Airlines965 km600 miPIAGeneral Wayne A. Downing Peoria International AirportUnited States · American Eagle977 km607 miAPFNaples Municipal AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,011 km628 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways1,019 km633 miLITBill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams FieldUnited States · American Eagle1,029 km639 miCOUColumbia Regional AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,077 km669 miMLIQuad City International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,084 km674 miBTRBaton Rouge Metropolitan AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,085 km674 miPVDRhode Island T. F. Green International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,099 km683 miSGFSpringfield Branson National AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,138 km707 miMSNDane County Regional Truax FieldUnited States · American Eagle1,139 km708 miELHNorth Eleuthera AirportBahamas · American Eagle1,157 km719 miLFTLafayette Regional AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,173 km729 miMHTManchester-Boston Regional AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,186 km737 miEYWKey West International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,188 km738 miATWAppleton International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,195 km743 miXNANorthwest Arkansas National AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,211 km752 miBTVPatrick Leahy Burlington International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,224 km761 miSHVShreveport Regional AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,228 km763 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · American Eagle1,292 km803 miTULTulsa International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,352 km840 miGGTExuma International AirportBahamas · American Eagle1,385 km861 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,467 km912 miDALDallas Love FieldUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,487 km924 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,496 km930 miOKCOKC Will Rogers World AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,510 km938 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,148 km1,335 miGDLGuadalajara International AirportMexico · Volaris2,728 km1,695 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,774 km1,724 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways11,900 km7,394 miSeasonal15
IADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines517 km321 miSRQSarasota Bradenton International AirportUnited States · American Eagle883 km549 miSTLSt. Louis Lambert International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines924 km574 miFPOGrand Bahama International AirportBahamas · American Eagle986 km613 miMHHLeonard M. Thompson International AirportBahamas · American Eagle1,035 km643 miMKEGeneral Mitchell International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,048 km651 miTVCCherry Capital AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,130 km702 miMVYMartha's Vineyard AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,132 km703 miACKNantucket Memorial AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,162 km722 miGHBGovernor's Harbour AirportBahamas · American Eagle1,189 km739 miCIDThe Eastern Iowa AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,193 km741 miPWMPortland International JetportUnited States · American Eagle1,307 km812 miYQBQuebec Jean Lesage International AirportCanada · American Eagle1,514 km941 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,148 km1,335 miASEAspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)United States · American Eagle2,330 km1,448 miMost destinationsAmerican Eagle 98Southwest Airlines 6United Airlines 5Delta Air Lines 4Air Canada Express 1JetBlue Airways 1
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CLT. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Charlotte Douglas International Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
8 channelsA/DAPP/DEP120.050
ATISATIS121.150
CLDCLNC DEL127.150
GNDGND121.800
POSTBASE OPS COMD POST29.220
RDORALEIGH RDO122.400
TWRTWR118.100
UNICUNICOM122.950