Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Charlotte Douglas International Airport | |||||||||||||||||||
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An aerial view of the airport in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | City of Charlotte | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Charlotte metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 5501 Josh Birmingham Parkway Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hub for | American Airlines | ||||||||||||||||||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 228 m / 748 ft | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°12′50″N 080°56′35″W / 35.21389°N 80.94306°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||
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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, the airport covers 5,558 acres (2,249 ha) of land.
Established in 1935 as Charlotte Municipal Airport, the airport was later renamed as Douglas Municipal Airport for Ben Elbert Douglas Sr., who was the 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.
In 2019, CLT was the 11th-busiest airport in the United States in terms of passenger traffic, having processed over 50 million passengers, and fifth-busiest in terms of aircraft operations, ranking sixth globally. In 2021, CLT grew to the sixth busiest airport in the United States. Charlotte is a fortress hub for American Airlines, which operates the majority of the airport's flights. The airport has 3 operating runways 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.