Charlotte (CLT) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 965 km
- 599 mi · 521 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 15 min / 2 h 2 min
- Average gate to gate: CLT → ORD / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 121 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (72 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,060,748
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −7.9%
- Flights / week
- 166
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 77%
- 1,375,124 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- AA, UA, YX
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
- 323°
- Heading from ORD
- 139°
- Halfway point
- 38.65, -84.26
- Great-circle km
- 965 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLT → ORD
- 1 h 36 min
- In the air ORD → CLT
- 1 h 24 min
- Clocks
- Chicago is 1 h behind Charlotte
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 95,135 |
| Sep 2025 | 91,639 |
| Oct 2025 | 93,540 |
| Nov 2025 | 79,182 |
| Dec 2025 | 87,672 |
| Jan 2026 | 70,661 |
| Feb 2026 | 66,877 |
| Mar 2026 | 82,295 |
| Apr 2026 | 90,173 |
| May 2026 | 98,511 |
| Jun 2026 | 101,775 |
| Jul 2026 | 103,288 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 654 |
| Sep 2025 | 675 |
| Oct 2025 | 695 |
| Nov 2025 | 667 |
| Dec 2025 | 709 |
| Jan 2026 | 626 |
| Feb 2026 | 616 |
| Mar 2026 | 707 |
| Apr 2026 | 797 |
| May 2026 | 818 |
| Jun 2026 | 811 |
| Jul 2026 | 842 |
Airlines flying CLT–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 115 | 79% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 21 | 10% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 15 | 5% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 5.5 | 4% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 8.7 | 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
- Boeing 737-800 · 3,409 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 1,980 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,165 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 518 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 496 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 321 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 297 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 155 flights
Also carried: 241 tonnes of freight and 607 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 73.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 22 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.7%
- Flights counted
- 8,779
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 73.7% | 22 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 70.1% | 26 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 81.2% | 16 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 71.3% | 20 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 66.8% | 41 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 23% · aircraft arriving late 46% · air traffic system 25% · weather 6% · 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
- $214
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $208
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 72% of passengers · $220
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 72% of passengers · $220
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $219 · Q3 2025 $199 · Q4 2025 $202 · Q1 2026 $214).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $218, likely $194–$249
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 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 8.5%). 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
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: 965 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 Chicago
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| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| ORD → LGA | 1,180 km | 2,736,902 |
| ORD → LAX | 2,808 km | 2,332,419 |
| ORD → SFO | 2,971 km | 1,976,484 |
| ORD → DEN | 1,430 km | 1,974,190 |
| ORD → MCO | 1,617 km | 1,924,694 |
| ORD → DFW | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| ORD → BOS | 1,395 km | 1,886,038 |
| ORD → EWR | 1,157 km | 1,731,402 |
| ORD → IAH | 1,489 km | 1,711,056 |
| ORD → PHX | 2,317 km | 1,706,053 |