Charlotte (CLT) – Los Angeles (LAX)
- Distance
- 3,420 km
- 2,125 mi · 1,847 nm
- Flight time
- 5 h 5 min / 4 h 36 min
- Average gate to gate: CLT → LAX / back
- Time difference
- 3 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 429 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (254 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 755,365
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −19.7%
- Flights / week
- 87
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 87%
- 870,162 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- AA
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
- 279°
- Heading from LAX
- 77°
- Halfway point
- 36.06, -99.82
- Great-circle km
- 3,413 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLT → LAX
- 4 h 37 min
- In the air LAX → CLT
- 4 h 6 min
- Clocks
- Los Angeles is 3 h behind Charlotte
The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 67,627 |
| Sep 2025 | 57,073 |
| Oct 2025 | 66,742 |
| Nov 2025 | 61,355 |
| Dec 2025 | 68,326 |
| Jan 2026 | 51,919 |
| Feb 2026 | 48,881 |
| Mar 2026 | 60,045 |
| Apr 2026 | 60,365 |
| May 2026 | 66,057 |
| Jun 2026 | 72,769 |
| Jul 2026 | 74,206 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 391 |
| Sep 2025 | 373 |
| Oct 2025 | 413 |
| Nov 2025 | 383 |
| Dec 2025 | 394 |
| Jan 2026 | 299 |
| Feb 2026 | 300 |
| Mar 2026 | 355 |
| Apr 2026 | 360 |
| May 2026 | 393 |
| Jun 2026 | 418 |
| Jul 2026 | 424 |
Airlines flying CLT–LAX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 87 | 100% |
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 · 2,335 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 2,115 flights
- Boeing 777-200ER/200LR/233LR · 33 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 15 flights
- Boeing 777-300/300ER/333ER · 2 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 2 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 1 flight
Also carried: 691 tonnes of freight and 95 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 81.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1%
- Flights counted
- 4,542
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 38% · aircraft arriving late 45% · air traffic system 12% · 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
- $387
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $338
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 86% of passengers · $402
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 1% of passengers · $138
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $300 · Q3 2025 $331 · Q4 2025 $353 · Q1 2026 $387).
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: 3,413 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.