Charlotte/Douglas International
CLT · KCLT · Charlotte, North Carolina · Mecklenburg County · map
Charlotte/Douglas International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Charlotte, 5 miles west of Charlotte, North Carolina, 748 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 01R/19L, is 10,000 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additives) and about 92 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 578,192 takeoffs and landings a year. About 26,246,497 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KCLT · observed 6:52 pm EDT (22:52 UTC), 38 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 5,000 feet
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.07 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 7:22 pm EDT (23:22 UTC), good until Thu 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC)
- From Tue 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 12:00 am EDT (04:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCLT 062252Z 07005KT 10SM FEW050 21/11 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP192 T02110111
TAF KCLT 062322Z 0700/0806 07005KT P6SM SCT050 FM070400 VRB03KT P6SM FEW250 FM072100 21004KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CLT · ICAO KCLT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Charlotte
- Elevation
- 748 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additives
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1937
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01R/19L | 10,000 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 01L/19R | 9,000 × 150 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 8,676 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 01R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
- Runway 19L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), road 25 ft high 1,350 ft from the end
- Runway 01L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
- Runway 19R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
- Runway 18: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, rr 19 ft high 523 ft from the end
- Runway 36: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), 8,390 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS Arrival | 121.15 | Charlotte |
| Digital ATIS Departure | 132.1 | Charlotte |
| Clearance delivery | 127.15 | Charlotte |
| Clearance delivery | 127.2 | |
| Clearance delivery | 127.25 | Concord |
| Clearance delivery | 127.35 | |
| Clearance delivery | 132.55 | |
| Ground West | 121.8 | Charlotte |
| Ground East | 121.9 | Charlotte |
| Tower Runway 18/36 | 118.1 | Charlotte |
| Tower Runway 01R/19L | 126.4 | Charlotte |
| Tower Runway 01L/19R | 133.35 | Charlotte |
| Approach and departure · Charlotte and dp · Class B airspace 120-295 8000 feet and below; West | 120.05 | Charlotte |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BEAVY) · Departure procedure (BOBZY) 246-074 above 8000 feet; Runway 01L, 01R | 120.5 | Charlotte |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BATTA) · Departure procedure (BEAVY) 075-245 above 8000 feet; Runway 18, 19R, 19L, 36 | 124.0 | Charlotte |
| Approach · Chsly and star · Majic and star | 126.15 | Charlotte |
| Approach and departure · Charlotte and dp · Class B airspace 001-119 8000 feet and below; East | 128.325 | Charlotte |
| Approach and departure · Class B airspace · Departure procedure (BATTA) 296-360 8000 feet and below | 134.75 | Charlotte |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Charlotte |
| Clt and vot | 112.0 | |
| Btsey and star · Filpz and star · Liinn and star | 125.35 | Charlotte |
| Bankr and star · Jonze and star · Jools and star | 135.6 | Charlotte |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 704-255-5973.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 578,192, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Charlotte from the FAA register
340 aircraft are registered to owners in Charlotte, North Carolina: 204 piston singles, 56 business jets, 20 turboprops, 18 piston twins, 17 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 47 since 1982, 7 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Airport existed prior to 1958.
- Liquid oxygen also available.
- J8 fuel also available.
- A++(military), 100 and O-156 available.
- Engineered materials arresting gear system (emas) 255 feet in length by 170 feet in width at the departure end of runway 36.
- Be alert for flocks of migratory birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Successive or simultaneous departures from runway 18 and runway 19L are approved with course divergence beginning no further than 4 miles from end of runway.
- Runway status lights in operates.
- Taxiway C4 and C6: when taxiing aircraft with cockpit to main gear distance greater than 90 feet, pilot must perform judgemental oversteering instead of cockpit over centerline steering.
- Group IV aircraft with a wingspan gtr than 118 feet are prohibited from exiting runway 18/36 at taxiway C10.
- Taxiway C10 unusable for txg onto runway 18/36.
- Group iii aircraft with a wingspan gtr than 79 feet are prohibited from making a nbnd turn onto taxiway C when taxiing WB on taxiway a.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.