AirportsCharlotte Douglas International Airport is a large airport serving Charlotte, in North Carolina, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is CLT.
Key facts
- IATA code
- CLT
- ICAO code
- KCLT
- City
- Charlotte
- State or region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 35.2140° N, 80.9431° W
- Elevation
- 228 m (748 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 3,048 m (10,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, CLT means Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KCLT. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 35.2140° N, 80.9431° W. It stands 228 metres (748 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/New York, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Charlotte Douglas International Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 3,048 metres (10,000 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 101.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01R/19L | 3,048 m 10,000 ft | 46 m | Concrete | not listed |
| 01L/19R | 2,743 m 9,000 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 18/36 | 2,644 m 8,676 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Concord-Padgett Regional AirportConcord | USA | 29 km |
| Greenville-Spartanburg International AirportGreenville/Greer/Spartanburg | GSP | 121 km |
| Piedmont Triad International AirportGreensboro | GSO | 134 km |
| Columbia Metropolitan AirportColumbia | CAE | 143 km |
| Asheville Regional AirportAsheville | AVL | 147 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,559 km | 15 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,375 km | 16 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,871 km | 14 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,409 km | 8 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 870 km | 1 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,413 km | 4 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,917 km | 19 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,086 km | 13 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,298 km | 18 h 55 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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