Charlotte Douglas International Airport

Charlotte Douglas International Airport (IATA: CLT, ICAO: KCLT, FAA LID: CLT) is a joint civil-military public international airport. It is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was the 6th busiest airport in the world, based on traffic movements in 2010.^[4] It was also the 23rd busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic in 2013.^[5] The airport was opened in 1936 as the Charlotte Municipal Airport. It was renamed the Douglas Municipal Airport after former mayor of Charlotte Ben Elbert Douglas, Sr. in 1954. It was the largest hub for US Airways.^[6] In 2015, US Airways was combined with American Airlines. Now, Charlotte is the 2nd largest hub for American.

Charlotte Douglas International Airport
United States Geological Survey (USGS) aerial image in 2012
IATA: CLT ICAO: KCLT FAA LID: CLT WMO: 72314
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Charlotte
Operator	Charlotte Aviation Department
Serves	Charlotte metropolitan area
Location	5501 Josh Birmingham Parkway Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Hub for	American Airlines ViaAir[source?]
Elevation AMSL	748 ft / 228 m
Coordinates	35°12′50″N 080°56′35″W
Website	www.charlotteairport.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
CLT Location within North Carolina/United States Show map of North Carolina CLT CLT (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18L/36R 8,677 2,645 Asphalt/Concrete 18C/36C 10,000 3,048 Concrete 18R/36L 9,000 2,743 Concrete 5/23 7,502 2,287 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2017)
Passengers 45,909,899 Aircraft operations 553,812
Source: Federal Aviation Administration,[1][2] Charlotte Douglas International Airport[3]

Gallery

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  A Lufthansa plane taking off from Charlotte.
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  A Southwest Boeing 737-700 landing at Charlotte.
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  Map of Charlotte Airport.

References

1. FAA Airport Master Record for CLT (Form 5010 PDF), effective October 25, 2007
2. "CLT Traffic and Activity Reports". City of Charlotte. January 2016. Archived from the original on January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
3. "CLT Traffic and Activity Reports - December 2016". Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Archived from the original on January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
4. "The Bureau of Transportation Statistics". Retrieved 2015-04-20.
5. "US Airways defying US trends with healthy growth at its main Charlotte hub". anna.aero. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
6. "Charlotte Faces Loss of Hub Status and Potential for Big Service Cuts". The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2015-04-20.

Other websites

• Official website