Washington (BWI) – Charlotte (CLT)
- Distance
- 581 km
- 361 mi · 314 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 29 min / 1 h 23 min
- Average gate to gate: BWI → CLT / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 73 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (43 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 765,109
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −4.2%
- Flights / week
- 112
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 949,509 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- AA, WN, F9
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 BWI
- 222°
- Heading from CLT
- 40°
- Halfway point
- 37.21, -78.86
- Great-circle km
- 581 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BWI → CLT
- 1 h 3 min
- In the air CLT → BWI
- 57 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 74,989 |
| Sep 2025 | 71,760 |
| Oct 2025 | 79,172 |
| Nov 2025 | 61,179 |
| Dec 2025 | 66,634 |
| Jan 2026 | 48,234 |
| Feb 2026 | 48,259 |
| Mar 2026 | 59,489 |
| Apr 2026 | 58,140 |
| May 2026 | 65,746 |
| Jun 2026 | 62,912 |
| Jul 2026 | 68,595 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 537 |
| Sep 2025 | 499 |
| Oct 2025 | 577 |
| Nov 2025 | 478 |
| Dec 2025 | 495 |
| Jan 2026 | 368 |
| Feb 2026 | 365 |
| Mar 2026 | 458 |
| Apr 2026 | 488 |
| May 2026 | 521 |
| Jun 2026 | 512 |
| Jul 2026 | 529 |
Airlines flying BWI–CLT nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 67 | 63% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 37 | 30% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 5.7 | 5% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 2.0 | 1% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 0.2 | 0% |
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 · 2,020 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,381 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 740 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 696 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 449 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 162 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 136 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 134 flights
Also carried: 327 tonnes of freight and 3 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.7%
- Flights counted
- 5,918
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 81% | 16 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 77.5% | 14 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 73.2% | 26 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 79.8% | 12 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 31% · aircraft arriving late 51% · air traffic system 14% · weather 4% · 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
- $228
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $183
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 53% of passengers · $244
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 39% of passengers · $224
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $176 · Q3 2025 $158 · Q4 2025 $189 · Q1 2026 $228).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 581 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.
Every airport pair between Washington and Charlotte
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