Charleston (CHS) – Charlotte (CLT)
- Distance
- 270 km
- 168 mi · 146 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 5 min / 1 h 5 min
- Average gate to gate: CHS → CLT / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 62 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (37 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 503,082
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −11.6%
- Flights / week
- 101
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 76%
- 657,634 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- AA, OH, MQ
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 CHS
- 342°
- Heading from CLT
- 162°
- Halfway point
- 34.06, -80.48
- Great-circle km
- 271 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CHS → CLT
- 37 min
- In the air CLT → CHS
- 36 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 44,999 |
| Sep 2025 | 49,883 |
| Oct 2025 | 51,245 |
| Nov 2025 | 41,088 |
| Dec 2025 | 38,657 |
| Jan 2026 | 33,648 |
| Feb 2026 | 36,176 |
| Mar 2026 | 43,193 |
| Apr 2026 | 42,736 |
| May 2026 | 43,792 |
| Jun 2026 | 38,173 |
| Jul 2026 | 39,492 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 416 |
| Sep 2025 | 395 |
| Oct 2025 | 454 |
| Nov 2025 | 480 |
| Dec 2025 | 490 |
| Jan 2026 | 392 |
| Feb 2026 | 384 |
| Mar 2026 | 456 |
| Apr 2026 | 451 |
| May 2026 | 477 |
| Jun 2026 | 385 |
| Jul 2026 | 461 |
Airlines flying CHS–CLT nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 66 | 78% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 22 | 14% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 6.5 | 5% |
| PTPiedmont Airlines | 6.0 | 3% |
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
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,170 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,145 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 1,078 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 723 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 342 flights
- Embraer-145 · 311 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 255 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 145 flights
Also carried: 33 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 18 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.7%
- Flights counted
- 4,998
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 79.7% | 18 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 75.8% | 22 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 91.4% | 5 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 32% · aircraft arriving late 57% · air traffic system 9% · weather 3% · 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
- $340
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $315
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 98% of passengers · $340
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 98% of passengers · $340
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $305 · Q3 2025 $308 · Q4 2025 $310 · Q1 2026 $340).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $339, likely $289–$393
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 95% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.3%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
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: 271 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.