Charlotte (CLT) – Raleigh (RDU)
- Distance
- 209 km
- 130 mi · 113 nm
- Flight time
- 54 min / 1 h 4 min
- Average gate to gate: CLT → RDU / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 48 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (28 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 810,137
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −17.0%
- Flights / week
- 117
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 73%
- 1,115,230 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
- 69°
- Heading from RDU
- 250°
- Halfway point
- 35.55, -79.87
- Great-circle km
- 209 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLT → RDU
- 31 min
- In the air RDU → CLT
- 35 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 73,080 |
| Sep 2025 | 64,723 |
| Oct 2025 | 67,841 |
| Nov 2025 | 60,379 |
| Dec 2025 | 70,848 |
| Jan 2026 | 52,015 |
| Feb 2026 | 58,130 |
| Mar 2026 | 76,017 |
| Apr 2026 | 66,923 |
| May 2026 | 71,302 |
| Jun 2026 | 73,792 |
| Jul 2026 | 75,087 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 524 |
| Sep 2025 | 492 |
| Oct 2025 | 520 |
| Nov 2025 | 487 |
| Dec 2025 | 520 |
| Jan 2026 | 396 |
| Feb 2026 | 434 |
| Mar 2026 | 547 |
| Apr 2026 | 519 |
| May 2026 | 537 |
| Jun 2026 | 545 |
| Jul 2026 | 546 |
Airlines flying CLT–RDU nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 115 | 100% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 0.7 | 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 · 4,226 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,071 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 347 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 163 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 105 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 88 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 38 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 12 flights
Also carried: 160 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.6%
- Flights counted
- 6,090
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 79.9% | 16 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 86.2% | 6 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 33% · aircraft arriving late 56% · air traffic system 8% · 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
- $340
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $314
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $340
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $340
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $301 · Q3 2025 $305 · Q4 2025 $311 · Q1 2026 $340).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $339, likely $289–$393
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 7.6%). 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
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q4, typically 4% 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: 209 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.