Charlotte (CLT) – Memphis (MEM)
- Distance
- 823 km
- 512 mi · 445 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 50 min / 1 h 43 min
- Average gate to gate: CLT → MEM / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 103 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (61 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 343,339
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −14.6%
- Flights / week
- 66
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 69%
- 495,770 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- AA, OH
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
- 271°
- Heading from MEM
- 86°
- Halfway point
- 35.21, -85.46
- Great-circle km
- 821 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLT → MEM
- 1 h 22 min
- In the air MEM → CLT
- 1 h 13 min
- Clocks
- Memphis is 1 h behind Charlotte
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 | 29,448 |
| Sep 2025 | 31,287 |
| Oct 2025 | 33,274 |
| Nov 2025 | 33,279 |
| Dec 2025 | 29,305 |
| Jan 2026 | 22,799 |
| Feb 2026 | 23,116 |
| Mar 2026 | 28,793 |
| Apr 2026 | 27,319 |
| May 2026 | 32,328 |
| Jun 2026 | 26,189 |
| Jul 2026 | 26,202 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 313 |
| Sep 2025 | 256 |
| Oct 2025 | 303 |
| Nov 2025 | 308 |
| Dec 2025 | 291 |
| Jan 2026 | 243 |
| Feb 2026 | 247 |
| Mar 2026 | 282 |
| Apr 2026 | 298 |
| May 2026 | 285 |
| Jun 2026 | 289 |
| Jul 2026 | 300 |
Airlines flying CLT–MEM nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 52 | 87% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 14 | 13% |
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 737-800 · 1,062 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 685 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 677 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 494 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 408 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 47 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 22 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 19 flights
Also carried: 77 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.1%
- Flights counted
- 3,483
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 80.9% | 14 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 71.6% | 20 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 36% · aircraft arriving late 49% · air traffic system 8% · weather 7% · 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
- $346
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $307
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 86% of passengers · $355
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 8% of passengers · $224
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $290 · Q3 2025 $306 · Q4 2025 $296 · Q1 2026 $346).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $345, likely $294–$400
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 5.6%). 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: 821 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.