Charlotte (CLT) – Richmond (RIC)
- Distance
- 413 km
- 256 mi · 223 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 10 min / 1 h 16 min
- Average gate to gate: CLT → RIC / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 95 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (56 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 580,744
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −14.5%
- Flights / week
- 94
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 78%
- 748,930 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- AA, OH, MQ
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
- 51°
- Heading from RIC
- 233°
- Halfway point
- 36.37, -79.16
- Great-circle km
- 412 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLT → RIC
- 44 min
- In the air RIC → CLT
- 50 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 48,907 |
| Sep 2025 | 44,784 |
| Oct 2025 | 52,192 |
| Nov 2025 | 46,302 |
| Dec 2025 | 48,559 |
| Jan 2026 | 39,190 |
| Feb 2026 | 43,778 |
| Mar 2026 | 55,408 |
| Apr 2026 | 55,881 |
| May 2026 | 56,012 |
| Jun 2026 | 46,163 |
| Jul 2026 | 43,568 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 414 |
| Sep 2025 | 394 |
| Oct 2025 | 450 |
| Nov 2025 | 400 |
| Dec 2025 | 412 |
| Jan 2026 | 367 |
| Feb 2026 | 359 |
| Mar 2026 | 419 |
| Apr 2026 | 412 |
| May 2026 | 426 |
| Jun 2026 | 405 |
| Jul 2026 | 410 |
Airlines flying CLT–RIC nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 74 | 88% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 17 | 10% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 1.2 | 1% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 1.1 | 1% |
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 · 1,571 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,427 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 814 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 400 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 276 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 114 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 99 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 91 flights
Also carried: 46 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.9%
- Flights counted
- 4,939
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 80.2% | 15 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 77.1% | 18 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 88.7% | 5 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 75.9% | 28 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 30% · aircraft arriving late 51% · air traffic system 10% · weather 8% · security 1%.
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
- $388
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $360
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 96% of passengers · $390
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 96% of passengers · $390
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $334 · Q3 2025 $365 · Q4 2025 $358 · Q1 2026 $388).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $386, likely $330–$448
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 8.6%). 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: 412 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.