Major airport
Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 10,000 ft
- Field elevation
- 748 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 35.21, -80.94
At 10,000 ft, Charlotte Douglas International Airport has the third-longest runway of the 71 jet-capable fields in North Carolina, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. Every one of the 24 types we broker clears it. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Charleston, 168 miles away.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 168 mi56 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 321 mi1 h 23 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 328 mi1 h 24 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 540 mi2 h 01 mfrom $3,839one way, all‑in indicative
- 592 mi2 h 10 mfrom $4,208one way, all‑in indicative
- 606 mi2 h 12 mfrom $4,314one way, all‑in indicative
- 628 mi2 h 16 mfrom $4,470one way, all‑in indicative
- 644 mi2 h 19 mfrom $4,584one way, all‑in indicative
From-prices are one way and all-in — operator price, our fee and federal excise tax — for the smallest cabin suited to the distance, indicative rather than quoted. Short legs sit at the smallest cabin's daily minimum, so we show distance and time for those and price them on request.
Runway
What can operate here
Compared against the published balanced field length of every type we broker, with roughly 3% added per 1,000 ft of elevation for density altitude.
This is runway length only. Individual airports also restrict by wingspan, noise curfew, slot availability and special approach certification, and performance moves with temperature, weight and the day. Clearing the runway here means an aircraft is worth asking about — the operator confirms it, and signs for it.
Turboprop
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,709 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,374 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,487 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,251 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,782 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,282 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,660 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,145 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,572 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,640 ft here
Super-midsize
- Embraer Praetor 600
- Gulfstream G280
- Cessna Citation Longitude
- Bombardier Challenger 350
- Bombardier Challenger 300
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,823 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,857 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,918 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,943 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,918 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,838 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,332 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,726 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,780 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,255 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,930 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,440 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,043 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~6,621 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.