Charlotte (CLT) – Seattle (SEA)
- Distance
- 3,668 km
- 2,279 mi · 1,981 nm
- Flight time
- 5 h 40 min / 4 h 53 min
- Average gate to gate: CLT → SEA / back
- Time difference
- 3 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 460 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (272 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 430,980
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −4.6%
- Flights / week
- 49
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 88%
- 487,122 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
- 305°
- Heading from SEA
- 96°
- Halfway point
- 43.22, -99.60
- Great-circle km
- 3,660 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLT → SEA
- 5 h 7 min
- In the air SEA → CLT
- 4 h 20 min
- Clocks
- Seattle is 3 h behind Charlotte
The estimate for a route without real times is 5 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 46,130 |
| Sep 2025 | 41,631 |
| Oct 2025 | 36,522 |
| Nov 2025 | 26,275 |
| Dec 2025 | 29,337 |
| Jan 2026 | 26,056 |
| Feb 2026 | 24,513 |
| Mar 2026 | 28,948 |
| Apr 2026 | 30,242 |
| May 2026 | 37,992 |
| Jun 2026 | 49,457 |
| Jul 2026 | 53,877 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 252 |
| Sep 2025 | 239 |
| Oct 2025 | 218 |
| Nov 2025 | 166 |
| Dec 2025 | 176 |
| Jan 2026 | 166 |
| Feb 2026 | 165 |
| Mar 2026 | 181 |
| Apr 2026 | 180 |
| May 2026 | 225 |
| Jun 2026 | 288 |
| Jul 2026 | 303 |
Airlines flying CLT–SEA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 49 | 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 · 2,288 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 271 flights
Also carried: 181 tonnes of freight and 22 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.1%
- Flights counted
- 2,592
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 49% · aircraft arriving late 35% · air traffic system 13% · 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
- $370
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $359
- Q3 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 87% of passengers · $371
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 4% of passengers · $262
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q3 2025 $348 · Q4 2025 $370 · Q1 2026 $370).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 3,660 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.
Every airport pair between Charlotte and Seattle
Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Seattle airports
More routes from CLT
More routes from SEA
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| SEA → DEN | 1,648 km | 1,819,437 |
| SEA → PHX | 1,781 km | 1,813,338 |
| SEA → LAX | 1,535 km | 1,810,795 |
| SEA → ANC | 2,331 km | 1,694,688 |
| SEA → SFO | 1,092 km | 1,628,228 |
| SEA → ORD | 2,769 km | 1,622,991 |
| SEA → LAS | 1,394 km | 1,596,435 |
| SEA → DFW | 2,671 km | 1,577,921 |
| SEA → SAN | 1,690 km | 1,233,726 |
| SEA → SLC | 1,108 km | 1,106,553 |