Charlotte (CLT) – Washington (IAD)
- Distance
- 517 km
- 321 mi · 279 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 24 min / 1 h 28 min
- Average gate to gate: CLT → IAD / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 65 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (38 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 348,976
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −5.5%
- Flights / week
- 103
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 76%
- 460,660 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- OH, AA, YV
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
- 36°
- Heading from IAD
- 218°
- Halfway point
- 37.09, -79.24
- Great-circle km
- 517 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLT → IAD
- 55 min
- In the air IAD → CLT
- 58 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 32,286 |
| Sep 2025 | 27,386 |
| Oct 2025 | 31,209 |
| Nov 2025 | 29,264 |
| Dec 2025 | 30,769 |
| Jan 2026 | 21,839 |
| Feb 2026 | 20,938 |
| Mar 2026 | 25,894 |
| Apr 2026 | 27,932 |
| May 2026 | 33,049 |
| Jun 2026 | 32,212 |
| Jul 2026 | 36,198 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 494 |
| Sep 2025 | 447 |
| Oct 2025 | 463 |
| Nov 2025 | 446 |
| Dec 2025 | 481 |
| Jan 2026 | 384 |
| Feb 2026 | 351 |
| Mar 2026 | 396 |
| Apr 2026 | 438 |
| May 2026 | 478 |
| Jun 2026 | 468 |
| Jul 2026 | 525 |
Airlines flying CLT–IAD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| OHPSA Airlines | 37 | 33% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 19 | 26% |
| YVMesa Airlines | 25 | 22% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 19 | 16% |
| G7GoJet Airlines | 3.1 | 2% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 1.1 | 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
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 2,203 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 1,534 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 654 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 367 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 327 flights
- Bombardier CRJ550 · 163 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 52 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 21 flights
Also carried: 50 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 81.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.6%
- Flights counted
- 3,978
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| OHPSA Airlines | 83.2% | 14 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 76.9% | 20 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 83.4% | 13 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 92.6% | 4 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 34% · aircraft arriving late 50% · air traffic system 13% · 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
- $251
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $225
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 52% of passengers · $254
- Lowest-fare airline
- United Air Lines
- 48% of passengers · $247
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $213 · Q3 2025 $211 · Q4 2025 $230 · Q1 2026 $251).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $256, likely $222–$292
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 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
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q1, typically 4% 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: 517 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 Charlotte and Washington
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