Charlotte (CLT) – San Diego (SAN)
- Distance
- 3,343 km
- 2,077 mi · 1,805 nm
- Flight time
- 4 h 59 min / 4 h 36 min
- Average gate to gate: CLT → SAN / back
- Time difference
- 3 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 419 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (248 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 441,242
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −18.3%
- Flights / week
- 53
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 522,460 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- AA
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
- 276°
- Heading from SAN
- 75°
- Halfway point
- 35.34, -99.34
- Great-circle km
- 3,335 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLT → SAN
- 4 h 33 min
- In the air SAN → CLT
- 4 h
- Clocks
- San Diego is 3 h behind Charlotte
The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 36,632 |
| Sep 2025 | 36,220 |
| Oct 2025 | 40,073 |
| Nov 2025 | 31,167 |
| Dec 2025 | 33,952 |
| Jan 2026 | 28,397 |
| Feb 2026 | 33,150 |
| Mar 2026 | 43,577 |
| Apr 2026 | 40,438 |
| May 2026 | 38,445 |
| Jun 2026 | 39,888 |
| Jul 2026 | 39,303 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 222 |
| Sep 2025 | 236 |
| Oct 2025 | 262 |
| Nov 2025 | 191 |
| Dec 2025 | 207 |
| Jan 2026 | 175 |
| Feb 2026 | 214 |
| Mar 2026 | 271 |
| Apr 2026 | 245 |
| May 2026 | 248 |
| Jun 2026 | 239 |
| Jul 2026 | 242 |
Airlines flying CLT–SAN nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 53 | 100% |
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 · 2,535 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 170 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 44 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 3 flights
Also carried: 102 tonnes of freight and 11 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 80.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1%
- Flights counted
- 2,792
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 42% · aircraft arriving late 34% · air traffic system 13% · weather 11% · 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
- $384
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $338
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 83% of passengers · $396
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 2% of passengers · $163
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $302 · Q3 2025 $344 · Q4 2025 $338 · Q1 2026 $384).
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: 3,335 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.