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Passenger Experience
Mar 25, 2024
CLT is Buzzing with Spring Travelers
Spring fever is in full bloom and people are in the mood to travel! Between March and August, Charlotte Douglas International Airport is expecting 23% more passengers than last year’s record-breaking crowds. CLT is preparing for the influx in several ways:
Passenger Experience
Jan 30, 2024
Who Made CLT’s 2023 Top Five Destinations?
Orlando, Florida, is once again the top destination for people traveling out of Charlotte Douglas International Airport and the route’s popularity continues to grow. The number of...
People & Profiles
Jan 30, 2024
CLT, UNC Charlotte Partner for Innovative Research
Charlotte Douglas International Airport has partnered with the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s William States Lee College of Engineering to develop the...
Development & Infrastructure
Jan 30, 2024
What’s in Store for CLT in 2024
There are no signs of CLT slowing down in 2024. This year will be filled with construction milestones and new concessions and destinations. Check out what’s in store. Fourth...
Passenger Experience
Jan 30, 2024
Passenger Traffic Reaches Record High in 2023
Charlotte Douglas International Airport served more than 53 million passengers last year, 12% more than 2022 and a 6% jump over the pre-pandemic travel record set in 2019. “The...
Development & Infrastructure
Jan 30, 2024
Destination District Changing West Charlotte Landscape
Charlotte Douglas International Airport is on the precipice of monumental change. This month, the Airport took a major step forward in creating the CLT Destination District, a...
Passenger Experience
Nov 16, 2023
Airport Expects Busiest Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving travel season is expected to be the busiest one yet at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. An estimated 420,000 passengers will travel to, from and through the Airport...
Development & Infrastructure
Nov 16, 2023
New Security Checkpoint Opens
In time for the holiday travel season, CLT has opened a new state-of-the-art security checkpoint. Equipped with highly efficient Automated Screening Lanes (ASL), Checkpoint 1 screen multiple...
Development & Infrastructure
Nov 16, 2023
Terminal Lobby Expansion’s East Side Opens
The Terminal Lobby Expansion’s (TLE) east side opened in early November, completing new construction to expand the Ticketing lobby and providing additional circulation space and access to the...
Community Engagement & Impact
Nov 16, 2023
5K Raises Nearly $50,000 for Scholarships
The 16th Annual Runway 5K raised $47,361 for Airport Opportunity Scholarships at Central Piedmont Community College. The Oct. 21 run had 1,672 registered participants. Since 2019, the race has...
Passenger Experience
Nov 16, 2023
CLT Introduces Biometrics
New technology is in place to instantly verify passengers’ identities before international flights out of Charlotte Douglas International Airport. CLT installed Biometric Facial Comparison...
Development & Infrastructure
Nov 16, 2023
Queen Charlotte Statue Reigns Again
Queen Charlotte is standing taller than ever. The freshly refinished statue was unveiled on Oct. 20, in its new royal residence inside the CLT terminal lobby. With a new plinth the statue soars 46...

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