Most common domestic destinations from Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Most common domestic destinations from Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Air travel looks very different now than it did just a few years ago when the coronavirus pandemic grounded folks around the world, putting a halt to travel for both leisure and business.
In 2020, passenger traffic on U.S. airlines was at its lowest since the mid-1980s, with just 369 million passengers. In 2021, the U.S. started to get back to more normal air travel levels, and by 2022, the country was up to 853 million airline passengers. By the looks of it, 2023 is likely to outpace those numbers and return to pre-pandemic levels—nearly 3 million people flew in and out of U.S. airports daily as of April 2023, according to data from the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Organization.
When you're at the airport, shuffling around with your roller bag, backpack, neck pillow, and water bottle among the thousands of other passengers doing the same, you're probably not too concerned with more than your flight. Is it on time? Who will be sitting next to you? Did your checked bag make it onto the plane?
But when you're not in flight mode, you may be wondering where all of the other folks at your local airport are traveling to. To answer that question, Stacker compiled a list of the most common domestic flights from Charlotte Douglas International using data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Destinations are ranked by total passengers from October 2022 to September 2023.
Read on to find out if your flight patterns are similar to your fellow Charlotte Douglas International travelers.
#20. Richmond International (Richmond, VA)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 315,697
--- #2. PSA Airlines: 6,809
--- #3. Republic Airline: 397
#19. Ronald Reagan Washington National (Washington, DC)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 310,328
--- #2. PSA Airlines: 26,924
#18. Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (Baltimore, MD)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 259,951
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 93,893
--- #3. PSA Airlines: 2,057
#17. Los Angeles International (Los Angeles, CA)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 379,882
--- #2. Spirit Air Lines: 18,419
--- #3. Delta Air Lines: 225
#16. Phoenix Sky Harbor International (Phoenix, AZ)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 417,198
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 617
#15. Nashville International (Nashville, TN)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 240,018
--- #2. PSA Airlines: 97,333
--- #3. Southwest Airlines: 66,893
#14. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (Atlanta, GA)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 242,758
--- #2. American Airlines: 134,530
--- #3. PSA Airlines: 42,237
#13. Denver International (Denver, CO)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 286,561
--- #2. Frontier Airlines: 71,669
--- #3. United Air Lines: 54,561
#12. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 348,081
--- #2. Spirit Air Lines: 94,549
--- #3. Southwest Airlines: 294
#11. Raleigh-Durham International (Raleigh/Durham, NC)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 452,481
--- #2. Envoy Air: 839
--- #3. PSA Airlines: 261
#10. Harry Reid International (Las Vegas, NV)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 359,728
--- #2. Frontier Airlines: 52,536
--- #3. Spirit Air Lines: 46,939
#9. Philadelphia International (Philadelphia, PA)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 410,573
--- #2. Frontier Airlines: 60,456
--- #3. Delta Air Lines: 148
#8. Tampa International (Tampa, FL)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 478,662
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 319
#7. Miami International (Miami, FL)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 434,045
--- #2. Spirit Air Lines: 51,507
--- #3. Delta Air Lines: 205
#6. Newark Liberty International (Newark, NJ)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 347,999
--- #2. United Air Lines: 144,291
--- #3. Republic Airline: 33,052
#5. Logan International (Boston, MA)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 423,470
--- #2. JetBlue Airways: 62,643
--- #3. Republic Airline: 57,330
#4. Chicago O'Hare International (Chicago, IL)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 434,644
--- #2. United Air Lines: 115,700
--- #3. Republic Airline: 6,519
#3. Dallas/Fort Worth International (Dallas/Fort Worth, TX)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 556,420
--- #2. Spirit Air Lines: 17,205
--- #3. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 173
#2. LaGuardia (New York, NY)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 439,760
--- #2. Endeavor Air: 56,355
--- #3. Spirit Air Lines: 46,271
#1. Orlando International (Orlando, FL)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 639,978
--- #2. Spirit Air Lines: 131,192
--- #3. Frontier Airlines: 63,093
This story features data reporting by Rob Powell, writing by Jaimie Etkin, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 199 metros.