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Charlotte Douglas International Airport

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1,295
Flights/Day
08:36
Local Time
New York
Timezone
748ft
Elevation
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27°C
Mostly Cloudy • Calm • 1016.30"
Observed: 11:52 UTC
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TAF valid until 08:00 local time
About Charlotte Douglas International Airport

Charlotte experiences moderate southeastern US conditions with summer thunderstorms. The Blue Ridge Mountains create mild turbulence on westerly approaches.

Is Charlotte Douglas Airport turbulent?

Charlotte experiences moderate turbulence typical of the southeastern US, primarily from afternoon thunderstorms in summer and occasional frontal systems in winter. The Blue Ridge Mountains to the west can create localized turbulence on westerly approaches, but the airport's Piedmont location generally shields it from the worst mountain effects. Hurricane season (June-November) brings the most significant weather disruptions.

  • Charlotte averages 40+ thunderstorm days per year
  • Blue Ridge Mountains lie 80 miles to the west
  • Remnants of Atlantic hurricanes occasionally impact operations
How do hurricanes affect Charlotte flights?

Although Charlotte sits 200 miles inland, tropical systems tracking up the coast or across the Southeast can bring heavy rain, gusty winds, and turbulence. The airport serves as a hub for rebooking displaced coastal travelers during hurricane evacuations. Expect operational impacts 1-2 days before and after major storms pass through the region.

When is flying from Charlotte smoothest?

Late September through November and March through May offer the calmest conditions. Summer afternoons bring pop-up thunderstorms almost daily, making morning departures more reliable. Winter frontal passages can cause brief turbulence but rarely major delays. Charlotte's moderate climate makes it one of the more reliable major US hubs year-round.

Is turbulence at Charlotte dangerous?

No. Modern aircraft are designed to withstand forces far stronger than turbulence. While bumps can feel uncomfortable, they do not pose a safety risk. Pilots actively avoid rough air whenever possible. Learn more about turbulence

Best seats to reduce turbulence when flying from Charlotte?

Seats near the wings feel the least movement because they are closest to the aircraft's center of gravity. Seats at the back of the aircraft feel turbulence more strongly. Learn more about seat selection

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5X5273
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RFD 08:40 Local boeing 757-24apf Forecast
AA3259
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ORF 08:55 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
AA2572
American Airlines
+2 codeshares F9 AA
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AA2076
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AA1660
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ORD 08:55 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
AA418
American Airlines
PSP 08:55 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
AA533
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EGE 08:55 Local airbus a319-115 Forecast
AA1002
American Airlines
+1 codeshare AA
MIA 08:55 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
AA1467
American Airlines
DEN 08:56 Local airbus a321-231 Forecast
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VRB 08:56 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
AA1008
American Airlines
PWM 08:58 Local airbus a319-115 Forecast
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American Eagle
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American Eagle
GGT 09:00 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
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American Airlines
+1 codeshare AA
PUJ 09:00 Local airbus a321-231 Forecast
AA611
American Airlines
PLS 09:00 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
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American Airlines
CRW 09:00 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
AA337
American Airlines
BZE 09:00 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
AA5143
American Airlines
CAK 09:00 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
AA3043
American Airlines
TPA 09:04 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
AA5629
American Airlines
SRQ 09:04 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
AA895
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CUN 09:05 Local airbus a321-231 Forecast
AA3053
American Airlines
CUR 09:05 Local boeing 737 max 8 Forecast
AA5806
American Airlines
MOB 09:05 Local embraer erj-145lr Forecast
AA5069
American Eagle
AVP 09:05 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
AA5831
American Airlines
PHF 09:05 Local embraer erj-145lr Forecast
AA6030
American Airlines
HTS 09:05 Local embraer erj-145lr Forecast
AA6005
American Eagle
GNV 09:08 Local embraer erj-145lr Forecast
AA1168
American Airlines
GND 09:09 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
AA4231
American Eagle
XNA 09:09 Local embraer e175lr Forecast
AA1209
American Airlines
SJO 09:10 Local boeing 737 max 8 Forecast
AA5883
American Eagle
ERI 09:10 Local embraer erj-145lr Forecast
AA4093
American Eagle
+1 codeshare AA
HHH 09:10 Local embraer e175lr Forecast
AA6065
American Airlines
GSP 09:10 Local embraer erj-145lr Forecast
AA1665
American Airlines
SJU 09:10 Local airbus a321-231 Forecast
AA3091
American Airlines
LGA 09:10 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
AA5416
American Eagle
SAV 09:12 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
AA5852
American Eagle
TRI 09:14 Local embraer erj-145lr Forecast
AA6057
American Airlines
ROA 09:14 Local embraer erj-145lr Forecast
AA5837
American Eagle
OAJ 09:15 Local embraer erj-145lr Forecast
AA2825
American Airlines
DCA 09:15 Local airbus a319-112 Forecast
AA5304
American Airlines
LIT 09:15 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
AA2612
American Airlines
FPO 09:15 Local airbus a319-132 Forecast
AA938
American Airlines
+1 codeshare AA
SXM 09:15 Local boeing 737 max 8 Forecast
AA5426
American Airlines
SBN 09:15 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
AA2396
American Airlines
MSY 09:15 Local airbus a319-112 Forecast
AA1417
American Airlines
SKB 09:16 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
NK2185
Spirit Airlines
EWR 09:18 Local airbus a320-232 Forecast
AA2765
American Airlines
IAH 09:19 Local -- Forecast
AA1084
American Airlines
DFW 09:20 Local airbus a321-231 Forecast
AA829
American Airlines
MEX 09:20 Local boeing 737 max 8 Forecast
AA1616
American Airlines
MBJ 09:20 Local airbus a321-231 Forecast
AA5889
American Eagle
AGS 09:20 Local embraer erj-145lr Forecast
AA5125
American Eagle
+1 codeshare AA
MEM 09:20 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
AA2057
American Airlines
ECP 09:20 Local airbus a320-214 Forecast
AA2433
American Airlines
MYR 09:21 Local airbus a320-214 Forecast
AA1635
American Airlines
SLC 09:22 Local airbus a321-231 Forecast
AA2555
American Airlines
PNS 09:24 Local airbus a320-232 Forecast
AA887
American Airlines
LIR 09:24 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
AA846
American Airlines
AUS 09:25 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
AA5032
American Eagle
+1 codeshare AA
MKE 09:25 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
AA5572
American Eagle
LEX 09:25 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
AA2062
American Airlines
+1 codeshare AA
LAS 09:25 Local airbus a321-253nx Forecast
AA3028
American Airlines
CZM 09:29 Local airbus a320-214 Forecast
AA301
American Airlines
GCM 09:30 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
AA5604
American Eagle
SGF 09:30 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
AA6092
American Airlines
FWA 09:30 Local embraer erj-145lr Forecast
AA5052
American Airlines
ABE 09:30 Local mitsubishi crj-701er Forecast
AA5278
American Eagle
ELH 09:30 Local mitsubishi crj-701er Forecast
AA5249
American Eagle
CHS 09:31 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
AA5051
American Eagle
+1 codeshare AA
CAK 09:32 Local crj7 Forecast
AA1437
American Airlines
PHX 09:34 Local airbus a321-211 Forecast
LF3712
Contour Aviation
CKB 09:35 Local embraer erj-140lr Forecast
AA1473
American Airlines
CMH 09:35 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
AA2906
American Airlines
BNA 09:38 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
AA5802
American Eagle
EVV 09:39 Local embraer erj-145lr Forecast
LF3416
Contour Aviation
PKB 09:40 Local embraer erj-140lr Forecast
UA3444
United Express
IAD 09:40 Local embraer e175lr Forecast
AA2791
American Airlines
SEA 09:46 Local airbus a321-231 Forecast
AA5579
American Airlines
BTV 09:48 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
AA823
American Airlines
UVF 09:50 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
AA5941
American Airlines
TYS 09:50 Local embraer erj-145lr Forecast
AA6026
American Airlines
HSV 09:52 Local embraer erj-145lr Forecast
AA3237
American Airlines
SJD 09:54 Local airbus a321-231 Forecast
AA5489
American Eagle
+1 codeshare AA
DAB 09:55 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
AA3720
American Eagle
+1 codeshare AA
GHB 09:56 Local embraer e175lr Forecast
DL5068
Delta Connection
LGA 09:59 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
AA1710
American Airlines
PHL 10:00 Local airbus a321-231 Forecast
AA333
American Airlines
BZE 10:01 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
LF3852
Leaf
LWB 10:05 Local embraer erj-135er Forecast
F93407
Frontier (Axl The Axolotl Livery)
+1 codeshare AA
TPA 10:08 Local airbus a321-271nx Forecast
AA2316
American Airlines
+2 codeshares AA F9
BWI 10:09 Local airbus a319-132 Forecast
AA5024
American Airlines
BTR 10:09 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
AA2561
American Airlines
VPS 10:10 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
AA5582
American Eagle
AVP 10:12 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
UA3543
United Express
IAD 10:13 Local embraer e175lr Forecast
AA5475
American Eagle
XNA 10:16 Local mitsubishi crj-900lr Forecast
F93038
Frontier (Sage The Pygmy Rabbit Livery)
+1 codeshare F9
MIA 10:17 Local airbus a320-251n Forecast
AA507
American Airlines
CUR 10:20 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
AA6094
American Eagle
GSP 10:20 Local embraer erj-145lr Forecast
AA2124
American Airlines
ANU 10:24 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
AA2504
American Airlines
MYR 10:25 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
UA3467
United Express
+1 codeshare UA
ORD 10:26 Local embraer e175lr Forecast
AA3290
American Airlines
MDT 10:30 Local airbus a319-112 Forecast
AA1535
American Airlines
+1 codeshare AA
CLE 10:30 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
AA6083
American Eagle
AVL 10:30 Local embraer erj-145lr Forecast
AA4060
American Eagle
+1 codeshare AA
ROC 10:30 Local embraer e175lr Forecast
AA1390
American Airlines
EWR 10:32 Local boeing 737-823 Forecast
AA1265
American Airlines
CUN 10:35 Local airbus a321-231 Forecast
08:40
Local
CLT RFD
5X 5X5273
boeing 757-24apf
08:55
Local
CLT ORF
AA AA3259
boeing 737-823
08:55
Local
CLT FLL
AA AA2572 +2
airbus a321-231
08:55
Local
CLT EYW
AA AA2076
airbus a319-112
08:55
Local
CLT ORD
AA AA1660
boeing 737-823
08:55
Local
CLT PSP
AA AA418
boeing 737-823
08:55
Local
CLT EGE
AA AA533
airbus a319-115
08:55
Local
CLT MIA
AA AA1002 +1
boeing 737-823
08:56
Local
CLT DEN
AA AA1467
airbus a321-231
08:56
Local
CLT VRB
AA AA5650
mitsubishi crj-900lr
08:58
Local
CLT PWM
AA AA1008
airbus a319-115
09:00
Local
CLT MHH
AA AA3916
embraer e175lr
09:00
Local
CLT GGT
AA AA5098
mitsubishi crj-900lr
09:00
Local
CLT PUJ
AA AA3316 +1
airbus a321-231
09:00
Local
CLT PLS
AA AA611
boeing 737-823
09:00
Local
CLT CRW
AA AA5183
mitsubishi crj-900lr
09:00
Local
CLT BZE
AA AA337
boeing 737-823
09:00
Local
CLT CAK
AA AA5143
mitsubishi crj-900lr
09:04
Local
CLT TPA
AA AA3043
boeing 737-823
09:04
Local
CLT SRQ
AA AA5629
mitsubishi crj-900lr
09:05
Local
CLT CUN
AA AA895
airbus a321-231
09:05
Local
CLT CUR
AA AA3053
boeing 737 max 8
09:05
Local
CLT MOB
AA AA5806
embraer erj-145lr
09:05
Local
CLT AVP
AA AA5069
mitsubishi crj-900lr
09:05
Local
CLT PHF
AA AA5831
embraer erj-145lr
09:05
Local
CLT HTS
AA AA6030
embraer erj-145lr
09:08
Local
CLT GNV
AA AA6005
embraer erj-145lr
09:09
Local
CLT GND
AA AA1168
boeing 737-823
09:09
Local
CLT XNA
AA AA4231
embraer e175lr
09:10
Local
CLT SJO
AA AA1209
boeing 737 max 8
09:10
Local
CLT ERI
AA AA5883
embraer erj-145lr
09:10
Local
CLT HHH
AA AA4093 +1
embraer e175lr
09:10
Local
CLT GSP
AA AA6065
embraer erj-145lr
09:10
Local
CLT SJU
AA AA1665
airbus a321-231
09:10
Local
CLT LGA
AA AA3091
boeing 737-823
09:12
Local
CLT SAV
AA AA5416
mitsubishi crj-900lr
09:14
Local
CLT TRI
AA AA5852
embraer erj-145lr
09:14
Local
CLT ROA
AA AA6057
embraer erj-145lr
09:15
Local
CLT OAJ
AA AA5837
embraer erj-145lr
09:15
Local
CLT DCA
AA AA2825
airbus a319-112
09:15
Local
CLT LIT
AA AA5304
mitsubishi crj-900lr
09:15
Local
CLT FPO
AA AA2612
airbus a319-132
09:15
Local
CLT SXM
AA AA938 +1
boeing 737 max 8
09:15
Local
CLT SBN
AA AA5426
mitsubishi crj-900lr
09:15
Local
CLT MSY
AA AA2396
airbus a319-112
09:16
Local
CLT SKB
AA AA1417
boeing 737-823
09:18
Local
CLT EWR
NK NK2185
airbus a320-232
09:19
Local
CLT IAH
AA AA2765
09:20
Local
CLT DFW
AA AA1084
airbus a321-231
09:20
Local
CLT MEX
AA AA829
boeing 737 max 8
09:20
Local
CLT MBJ
AA AA1616
airbus a321-231
09:20
Local
CLT AGS
AA AA5889
embraer erj-145lr
09:20
Local
CLT MEM
AA AA5125 +1
mitsubishi crj-900lr
09:20
Local
CLT ECP
AA AA2057
airbus a320-214
09:21
Local
CLT MYR
AA AA2433
airbus a320-214
09:22
Local
CLT SLC
AA AA1635
airbus a321-231
09:24
Local
CLT PNS
AA AA2555
airbus a320-232
09:24
Local
CLT LIR
AA AA887
boeing 737-823
09:25
Local
CLT AUS
AA AA846
boeing 737-823
09:25
Local
CLT MKE
AA AA5032 +1
mitsubishi crj-900lr
09:25
Local
CLT LEX
AA AA5572
mitsubishi crj-900lr
09:25
Local
CLT LAS
AA AA2062 +1
airbus a321-253nx
09:29
Local
CLT CZM
AA AA3028
airbus a320-214
09:30
Local
CLT GCM
AA AA301
boeing 737-823
09:30
Local
CLT SGF
AA AA5604
mitsubishi crj-900lr
09:30
Local
CLT FWA
AA AA6092
embraer erj-145lr
09:30
Local
CLT ABE
AA AA5052
mitsubishi crj-701er
09:30
Local
CLT ELH
AA AA5278
mitsubishi crj-701er
09:31
Local
CLT CHS
AA AA5249
mitsubishi crj-900lr
09:32
Local
CLT CAK
AA AA5051 +1
09:34
Local
CLT PHX
AA AA1437
airbus a321-211
09:35
Local
CLT CKB
LF3712
embraer erj-140lr
09:35
Local
CLT CMH
AA AA1473
boeing 737-823
09:38
Local
CLT BNA
AA AA2906
boeing 737-823
09:39
Local
CLT EVV
AA AA5802
embraer erj-145lr
09:40
Local
CLT PKB
LF3416
embraer erj-140lr
09:40
Local
CLT IAD
UA UA3444
embraer e175lr
09:46
Local
CLT SEA
AA AA2791
airbus a321-231
09:48
Local
CLT BTV
AA AA5579
mitsubishi crj-900lr
09:50
Local
CLT UVF
AA AA823
boeing 737-823
09:50
Local
CLT TYS
AA AA5941
embraer erj-145lr
09:52
Local
CLT HSV
AA AA6026
embraer erj-145lr
09:54
Local
CLT SJD
AA AA3237
airbus a321-231
09:55
Local
CLT DAB
AA AA5489 +1
mitsubishi crj-900lr
09:56
Local
CLT GHB
AA AA3720 +1
embraer e175lr
09:59
Local
CLT LGA
DL DL5068
mitsubishi crj-900lr
10:00
Local
CLT PHL
AA AA1710
airbus a321-231
10:01
Local
CLT BZE
AA AA333
boeing 737-823
10:05
Local
CLT LWB
LF3852
embraer erj-135er
10:08
Local
CLT TPA
F9 F93407 +1
airbus a321-271nx
10:09
Local
CLT BWI
AA AA2316 +2
airbus a319-132
10:09
Local
CLT BTR
AA AA5024
mitsubishi crj-900lr
10:10
Local
CLT VPS
AA AA2561
boeing 737-823
10:12
Local
CLT AVP
AA AA5582
mitsubishi crj-900lr
10:13
Local
CLT IAD
UA UA3543
embraer e175lr
10:16
Local
CLT XNA
AA AA5475
mitsubishi crj-900lr
10:17
Local
CLT MIA
F9 F93038 +1
airbus a320-251n
10:20
Local
CLT CUR
AA AA507
boeing 737-823
10:20
Local
CLT GSP
AA AA6094
embraer erj-145lr
10:24
Local
CLT ANU
AA AA2124
boeing 737-823
10:25
Local
CLT MYR
AA AA2504
boeing 737-823
10:26
Local
CLT ORD
UA UA3467 +1
embraer e175lr
10:30
Local
CLT MDT
AA AA3290
airbus a319-112
10:30
Local
CLT CLE
AA AA1535 +1
boeing 737-823
10:30
Local
CLT AVL
AA AA6083
embraer erj-145lr
10:30
Local
CLT ROC
AA AA4060 +1
embraer e175lr
10:32
Local
CLT EWR
AA AA1390
boeing 737-823
10:35
Local
CLT CUN
AA AA1265
airbus a321-231
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