Charlotte (CLT) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
- Distance
- 1,016 km
- 631 mi · 549 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 57 min / 2 h 3 min
- Average gate to gate: CLT → FLL / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 128 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (76 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 889,786
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −12.6%
- Flights / week
- 113
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 80%
- 1,110,912 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- AA, NK, 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 CLT
- 176°
- Heading from FLL
- 356°
- Halfway point
- 30.65, -80.53
- Great-circle km
- 1,019 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLT → FLL
- 1 h 32 min
- In the air FLL → CLT
- 1 h 35 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 70,622 |
| Sep 2025 | 69,734 |
| Oct 2025 | 83,655 |
| Nov 2025 | 63,531 |
| Dec 2025 | 80,773 |
| Jan 2026 | 75,196 |
| Feb 2026 | 75,783 |
| Mar 2026 | 92,287 |
| Apr 2026 | 85,880 |
| May 2026 | 66,545 |
| Jun 2026 | 56,618 |
| Jul 2026 | 69,162 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 484 |
| Sep 2025 | 451 |
| Oct 2025 | 528 |
| Nov 2025 | 405 |
| Dec 2025 | 514 |
| Jan 2026 | 491 |
| Feb 2026 | 502 |
| Mar 2026 | 612 |
| Apr 2026 | 614 |
| May 2026 | 446 |
| Jun 2026 | 356 |
| Jul 2026 | 488 |
Airlines flying CLT–FLL nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 78 | 69% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 25 | 22% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 7.1 | 6% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 2.5 | 2% |
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 A321Neoxlr · 3,169 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 845 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 776 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 708 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 363 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 26 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 4 flights
Also carried: 126 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 76.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 18 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.6%
- Flights counted
- 6,042
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 79.6% | 16 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 73.3% | 18 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 62.1% | 28 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 59.2% | 28 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 31% · aircraft arriving late 49% · air traffic system 16% · 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
- $203
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $188
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 50% of passengers · $298
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 36% of passengers · $98
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $193 · Q3 2025 $175 · Q4 2025 $179 · Q1 2026 $203).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $207, likely $179–$236
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 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 4.5%). 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
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q4, typically 5% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
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: 1,019 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.