Buffalo (BUF) – Charlotte (CLT)
- Distance
- 879 km
- 546 mi · 474 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 55 min / 1 h 42 min
- Average gate to gate: BUF → CLT / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 111 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (65 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 318,281
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −8.6%
- Flights / week
- 44
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 384,506 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- AA
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from BUF
- 193°
- Heading from CLT
- 12°
- Halfway point
- 39.08, -79.90
- Great-circle km
- 880 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BUF → CLT
- 1 h 25 min
- In the air CLT → BUF
- 1 h 18 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 38,363 |
| Sep 2025 | 27,998 |
| Oct 2025 | 33,958 |
| Nov 2025 | 25,034 |
| Dec 2025 | 24,236 |
| Jan 2026 | 20,532 |
| Feb 2026 | 21,025 |
| Mar 2026 | 23,784 |
| Apr 2026 | 24,078 |
| May 2026 | 25,597 |
| Jun 2026 | 24,773 |
| Jul 2026 | 28,903 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 241 |
| Sep 2025 | 196 |
| Oct 2025 | 243 |
| Nov 2025 | 176 |
| Dec 2025 | 176 |
| Jan 2026 | 165 |
| Feb 2026 | 171 |
| Mar 2026 | 191 |
| Apr 2026 | 182 |
| May 2026 | 185 |
| Jun 2026 | 178 |
| Jul 2026 | 188 |
Airlines flying BUF–CLT nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 44 | 100% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,053 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 587 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 372 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 201 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 39 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 38 flights
- Embraer-145 · 2 flights
Punctuality
- On time
- 75.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 20 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.7%
- Flights counted
- 2,330
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 33% · aircraft arriving late 51% · air traffic system 11% · weather 5% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $256
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $232
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 88% of passengers · $259
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 8% of passengers · $208
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $208 · Q3 2025 $233 · Q4 2025 $246 · Q1 2026 $256).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 880 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.