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Charlotte Douglas International Airport

Charlotte Douglas International Airport
An aerial view of Charlotte Douglas International Airport in 2012.
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorCity of Charlotte
ServesCharlotte metropolitan area
Location5501 Josh Birmingham Parkway
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Opened1935 (1935)
Hub forAmerican Airlines
Time zoneEST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL228 m / 748 ft
Coordinates35°12′50″N 080°56′35″W / 35.21389°N 80.94306°W / 35.21389; -80.94306
Websitewww.cltairport.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18L/36R 2,645 8,677 Asphalt/concrete
18C/36C 3,048 10,000 Concrete
18R/36L 2,743 9,000 Concrete
05/23 2,287 7,502 Asphalt/concrete
Statistics (2023)
Passengers53,446,295
Aircraft operations505,589
Source: Charlotte Douglas International Airport[1][2]

Charlotte Douglas International Airport (IATA: CLT, ICAO: KCLT, FAA LID: CLT) is an international airport serving Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, located roughly 6 miles (9.7 km) west of the city's central business district. Charlotte Douglas is the primary airport for commercial and military use in the Charlotte metropolitan area. Operated by the city of Charlotte's aviation department,[3] the airport covers 5,558 acres (2,249 ha) of land.[4][5]

Established in 1935 as Charlotte Municipal Airport, the airport was later renamed as Douglas Municipal Airport for Ben Elbert Douglas Sr., who was mayor of Charlotte when the airport was first built. In 1982 the airport was renamed again, this time to its current Charlotte Douglas International Airport.[6]

In 2019, CLT was the 11th-busiest airport in the United States in terms of passenger traffic, having processed over 50 million passengers,[7] and fifth-busiest in terms of aircraft operations, ranking sixth globally.[8] In 2021, CLT grew to the sixth busiest airport in the United States.[9] Charlotte is a fortress hub for American Airlines, which operates the majority of the airport's flights. The airport has 3 operating runways and 1 non operating runway and one passenger terminal with 124 gates across five concourses. A commercial-civil-military facility, the airport is home to the Charlotte Air National Guard base and its host unit, the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard.[10]

  1. ^ "CLT Monthly Activity Reports 2018-2023". cltairport.com. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  2. ^ "CLT Airport Sets Record With 53.4 Million Passengers in 2023". cltairport.com. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  3. ^ "City of Charlotte - Aviation". City of Charlotte. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  4. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for CLT PDF, effective September 5, 2024.
  5. ^ "CLT airport data at skyvector.com". skyvector.com. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  6. ^ "Charlotte Douglas International Airport Fast Facts" (PDF). City Newsroom. City of Charlotte. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  7. ^ "50.2 Million Passengers in 2019 a New Record" (Press release). Charlotte: Charlotte Department of Aviation. March 3, 2020. Archived from the original on April 27, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  8. ^ "ACI Statistics April 2017". Airport Council International. April 19, 2017. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  9. ^ Reed, Ted. "Denver And Charlotte Were Airport Traffic Winners In 2021, With Denver Ranked Third In The World". Forbes. Archived from the original on April 19, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  10. ^ "Charlotte Air National Guard Base". Archived from the original on February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2020.

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