Charlotte (CLT) – Detroit (DTW)
- Distance
- 805 km
- 500 mi · 435 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 43 min / 1 h 47 min
- Average gate to gate: CLT → DTW / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 101 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (60 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 641,919
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −12.5%
- Flights / week
- 134
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 69%
- 927,164 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- AA, DL, NK
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 CLT
- 346°
- Heading from DTW
- 164°
- Halfway point
- 38.72, -82.09
- Great-circle km
- 806 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLT → DTW
- 1 h 16 min
- In the air DTW → CLT
- 1 h 18 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 64,295 |
| Sep 2025 | 52,443 |
| Oct 2025 | 62,646 |
| Nov 2025 | 51,433 |
| Dec 2025 | 54,244 |
| Jan 2026 | 38,630 |
| Feb 2026 | 44,327 |
| Mar 2026 | 54,461 |
| Apr 2026 | 52,218 |
| May 2026 | 57,214 |
| Jun 2026 | 54,591 |
| Jul 2026 | 55,417 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 632 |
| Sep 2025 | 565 |
| Oct 2025 | 642 |
| Nov 2025 | 613 |
| Dec 2025 | 624 |
| Jan 2026 | 543 |
| Feb 2026 | 508 |
| Mar 2026 | 588 |
| Apr 2026 | 586 |
| May 2026 | 588 |
| Jun 2026 | 530 |
| Jul 2026 | 564 |
Airlines flying CLT–DTW nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 78 | 63% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 51 | 33% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 2.7 | 2% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 1.1 | 1% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 1.5 | 1% |
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 717-200 · 2,642 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 2,100 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,146 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 785 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 119 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 52 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 36 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 35 flights
Also carried: 76 tonnes of freight and 101 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 82.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.7%
- Flights counted
- 7,019
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 81.9% | 16 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 84.7% | 12 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 80.6% | 13 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 67.2% | 45 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 43% · aircraft arriving late 43% · air traffic system 10% · 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
- $262
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $227
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 55% of passengers · $279
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 38% of passengers · $257
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $215 · Q3 2025 $212 · Q4 2025 $229 · Q1 2026 $262).
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: 806 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.