Charlotte (CLT) – Philadelphia (PHL)
- Distance
- 722 km
- 448 mi · 390 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 38 min / 1 h 46 min
- Average gate to gate: CLT → PHL / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 91 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (54 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 914,345
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −10.9%
- Flights / week
- 133
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 74%
- 1,228,502 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- AA, F9, NK
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
- 43°
- Heading from PHL
- 226°
- Halfway point
- 37.58, -78.18
- Great-circle km
- 721 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLT → PHL
- 1 h 10 min
- In the air PHL → CLT
- 1 h 15 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 79,716 |
| Sep 2025 | 80,222 |
| Oct 2025 | 83,208 |
| Nov 2025 | 80,977 |
| Dec 2025 | 83,832 |
| Jan 2026 | 64,862 |
| Feb 2026 | 61,325 |
| Mar 2026 | 78,944 |
| Apr 2026 | 71,549 |
| May 2026 | 76,507 |
| Jun 2026 | 76,535 |
| Jul 2026 | 76,668 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 568 |
| Sep 2025 | 583 |
| Oct 2025 | 617 |
| Nov 2025 | 613 |
| Dec 2025 | 600 |
| Jan 2026 | 527 |
| Feb 2026 | 492 |
| Mar 2026 | 594 |
| Apr 2026 | 593 |
| May 2026 | 592 |
| Jun 2026 | 573 |
| Jul 2026 | 575 |
Airlines flying CLT–PHL nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 108 | 80% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 21 | 17% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 3.4 | 2% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 0.6 | 0% |
| PTPiedmont Airlines | 0.4 | 0% |
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 · 2,323 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1,598 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,381 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 720 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 415 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 375 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 54 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 27 flights
Also carried: 242 tonnes of freight and 32 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.7%
- Flights counted
- 7,041
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 80.9% | 16 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 68.9% | 26 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 80.2% | 16 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 28% · aircraft arriving late 53% · air traffic system 13% · 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
- $248
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $215
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 66% of passengers · $316
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 32% of passengers · $110
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $210 · Q3 2025 $205 · Q4 2025 $206 · Q1 2026 $248).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $253, likely $219–$289
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 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.9%). 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 3% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
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: 721 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.