Charlotte (CLT) – San Antonio (SAT)
- Distance
- 1,762 km
- 1,095 mi · 952 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 55 min / 2 h 45 min
- Average gate to gate: CLT → SAT / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 221 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (131 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 364,119
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −9.3%
- Flights / week
- 52
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 78%
- 466,774 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
- 254°
- Heading from SAT
- 65°
- Halfway point
- 32.68, -89.98
- Great-circle km
- 1,760 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLT → SAT
- 2 h 32 min
- In the air SAT → CLT
- 2 h 17 min
- Clocks
- San Antonio is 1 h behind Charlotte
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 30,357 |
| Sep 2025 | 31,798 |
| Oct 2025 | 34,918 |
| Nov 2025 | 26,050 |
| Dec 2025 | 29,974 |
| Jan 2026 | 25,852 |
| Feb 2026 | 24,370 |
| Mar 2026 | 32,264 |
| Apr 2026 | 29,389 |
| May 2026 | 32,142 |
| Jun 2026 | 33,799 |
| Jul 2026 | 33,206 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 227 |
| Sep 2025 | 241 |
| Oct 2025 | 248 |
| Nov 2025 | 201 |
| Dec 2025 | 215 |
| Jan 2026 | 206 |
| Feb 2026 | 201 |
| Mar 2026 | 226 |
| Apr 2026 | 230 |
| May 2026 | 241 |
| Jun 2026 | 232 |
| Jul 2026 | 242 |
Airlines flying CLT–SAT nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 52 | 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 · 934 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 873 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 745 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 94 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 48 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 15 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1 flight
Also carried: 4 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 81.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 18 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.7%
- Flights counted
- 2,757
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 44% · aircraft arriving late 43% · air traffic system 6% · weather 7% · 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
- $306
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $278
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 83% of passengers · $315
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 11% of passengers · $232
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $269 · Q3 2025 $267 · Q4 2025 $274 · Q1 2026 $306).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $312, likely $270–$356
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 100% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.5%). 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 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: 1,760 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.