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Airport · ICAO · US

Class B

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

ID KCLT FAA CLT Elev 748 ft Lat 35° 12.84' N Lon 80° 56.59' W Zulu

Live conditions at KCLT

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FAA Airport Diagram · KCLT

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Runways at KCLT

6 runway ends on file. Longest: 10,000 ft. Max gradient: 0.50%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
18C 176° 10,000 ft 150 ft CONC-F No
36C 356° 10,000 ft 150 ft CONC-F No
18R 176° 9,000 ft 150 ft Concrete Yes
36L 356° 9,000 ft 150 ft Concrete Yes
18L 176° 8,676 ft 150 ft PEM Yes
36R 356° 8,676 ft 150 ft PEM Yes

Source: in-app airport database (runway lengths + headings), OurAirports for surface, width, lighting. Gradient computed from FAA NASR runway-end elevation deltas (the published RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of NASR rows; we derive it from the elevations the FAA does publish).

Communications

8 frequencies on file — tower, ground, ATIS, CTAF, approach, departure, etc.

  • ATIS ATIS 121.150
  • CLD CLNC DEL 127.150
  • GND GND 121.800
  • TWR TWR 118.100
  • A/D APP/DEP 120.050
  • POST BASE OPS COMD POST 129.220
  • RDO RALEIGH RDO 122.400
  • UNIC UNICOM 122.950

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Navaids associated with KCLT

  • NDB CL

    Tryon

    0.24 MHz · TERMINAL · LOW

  • VOR-DME CLT

    Charlotte

    115.00 MHz · DME 115.00 · LO · MEDIUM

  • VORTAC FML

    Fort Mill

    112.40 MHz · DME 112.40 · LO · MEDIUM

Field intel · synthesized from Chart Supplement

Plain-English translation of the Chart Supplement remarks for KCLT, anchored to the FAA's own text. Operational items first, advisory next, raw FAA prose at the bottom. Cycle 22JAN2026.

3 matched · 85 not yet translated

TL;DR

  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.
  • ·Runway 05L threshold displaced 935 feet. Usable landing distance is reduced; the displaced portion may still be used for takeoff and rollout.
  • ·Runway 14R threshold displaced 848 feet. Usable landing distance is reduced; the displaced portion may still be used for takeoff and rollout.

Watch for

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

  • Runway 05L threshold displaced 935 feet. Usable landing distance is reduced; the displaced portion may still be used for takeoff and rollout.

    displaced threshold

  • Runway 14R threshold displaced 848 feet. Usable landing distance is reduced; the displaced portion may still be used for takeoff and rollout.

    displaced threshold

All translated remarks (3)

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    migratory birds on and invof arpt.

  • Runway 05L threshold displaced 935 feet. Usable landing distance is reduced; the displaced portion may still be used for takeoff and rollout.

    Raw FAA text · radio aids · operational

    RWY 05L–23R: H8489X196 (ASPH) PCN 80 F/A/W/T HIRL RWY 05L: Thld dsplcd 935´

  • Runway 14R threshold displaced 848 feet. Usable landing distance is reduced; the displaced portion may still be used for takeoff and rollout.

    Raw FAA text · radio aids · operational

    RWY 14R–32L: H8397X200 (ASPH) PCN 80 F/A/W/T HIRL CL RWY 14R: Thld dsplcd 848´

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (85 sentences)

Sentences our pattern matchers haven't yet templated. The full FAA text is authoritative — these aren't translation errors, just gaps in our rule library. Curators add new templates over time; coverage rises monotonically.

  • ·NORTH CAROLINA 305 CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (CLT)(KCLT) P (ANG) 5 W UTC–5(–4DT) N35º12.79´ W80º57.08´ 748 B LRA Class I, ARFF Index E NOTAM FILE CLT RWY 18C–36C: H10000X150 (CONC–GRVD) S–93, D–200, 2D–350, 2D/2D2–650 PCR 1009 R/C/W/T HIRL CL RWY 18C: MALSR.
  • ·PAPI(P4R)—GA 3.0º TCH 69´.
  • ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 72´.
  • ·RWY 18R–36L: H9000X150 (CONC–GRVD) S–93, D–200, 2D–350, 2D/2D2–650 PCR 627 R/C/W/T HIRL CL RWY 18R: ALSF2.
  • ·PAPI(P4R)—GA 2.8º TCH 65´.
  • ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 70´.
  • ·RVR–TMR RWY 18L–36R: H8676X150 (ASPH–CONC–GRVD) S–93, D–200, 2D–350, 2D/2D2–650 PCR 1076 R/D/W/T HIRL CL RWY 18L: REIL.
  • ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 76´.
  • ·PAPI(P4R)—GA 3.0º TCH 71´.
  • ·RWY 18C:TORA–10000 TODA–10000 ASDA–10000 LDA–10000 RWY 18L:TORA–8676 TODA–8676 ASDA–8676 LDA–8676 RWY 18R:TORA–9000 TODA–9000 ASDA–9000 LDA–9000 RWY 36C:TORA–10000 TODA–10000 ASDA–10000 LDA–10000 RWY 36L:TORA–9000 TODA–9000 ASDA–9000 LDA–9000 RWY 36R:TORA–8676 TODA–8676 ASDA–8390 LDA–8390 ARRESTING GEAR/SYSTEM RWY 36R: EMAS
  • ·S4 FUEL 100LL, JET A, A++ OX 1, 2 MILITARY— A–GEAR Rwy 18L EMAS 255´ x 170´.
  • ·JASU 1(MA–1A) 6(MD–3M) FUEL A++(Mil), A+(C704–359–0440) (NC–100LL, A).
  • ·FLUID LHOX LOX OIL O–156(Mil)
  • ·Successive or simultaneous departures from Rwy 18L and Rwy 18C are approved with course divergence beginning no further than 4 miles from EOR Rwy 18L/36R engineered materials arresting gear system (EMAS) 255´ in width at the departure end of rwy 36R.
  • ·All acft are prohibited fm exiting Rwy 36R SE bd at Twy R.
  • ·Group III acft with a wingspan greater than 79´ are prohibited from making a northbound turn onto Twy C when taxiing westbound on Twy A.
  • ·Group III acft with a wingspan gtr than 79´ are prohibited fm making a sbnd turn onto Twy C when taxiing nwbnd on Twy R.
  • ·Airplane Design Group V and abv acft are prohibited fm dep Rwy 18L.
  • ·Group IV acft with a wingspan gtr than 118´ are prohibited fm exiting Rwy 18L–36R at Twy C10.
  • ·Twy C10 unusbl for taxiing onto Rwy 18L–36R.
  • ·Operate transponders with altitude reporting mode and ADS–B (if equipped) enabled on all airport surfaces.
  • ·Controlling ramp, non–movement area, is a controlled ramp; ctc ramp control prior to entering.
  • ·Twy C4 and C6: when taxiing aircraft with cockpit to main gear distance greater than 90´, pilot must perform judgmental oversteering instead of cockpit over centerline steering.
  • ·Twy C from the apch of Rwy 18L to Twy J, and Twy M from the apron to Rwy 18L–36R rstrd to 15 mph or less with wingspan 171 ft and gtr.
  • ·Twy D, restricted to 15 mph or less with wingspan 171´ and greater.
  • ·Rwy status lgts are in opr.
  • ·Group VI acft with a wingspan gtr than 214´ (65 m) are prohibited on Twy M between the trml ramp and Twy C, as well as Twy C north of Twy M.
  • ·Trml Ramp Orange Txl from spot 01W to spot 27E max wingspan 118´.
  • ·Trml Ramp Orange Txl from spot 26S to spot 27E max wingspan 118´.
  • ·Trml Ramp Blue Txl from spot 01E to spot 27W max wingspan 118´.

+ 55 more sentences · see Chart Supplement page below for the full text

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

Yes

Chart Supplement

FAA Chart Supplement entry for KCLT — runway, frequencies, FBO, fuel, hours, NOTAMs, special procedures.

NTSB events at KCLT

143 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport — showing the 53 most recent.

Total events

50

since 1982

Fatal

7

14.0% of total

Last 5 years

3

≈ 0.6/yr

Last 10 years

10

≈ 1.0/yr

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Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 578,192 ops in 2024

2024 total

578,192

10-yr total

5,292,438

2024 mix

AC/AT 96% · GA 4% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

1.9

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.26

approximate · 10-yr scaled

The honest comparison — events normalized by exposure. A field doing 4× the operations will see more events at the same per-op rate. Per million ops is what matters.

Last 10 years · n=8

  • Ground collision 3
  • Other 2
  • Hard landing 1
  • Stall / spin 1
  • Gear-up landing 1

All time · n=143

  • Other 102
  • Ground collision 11
  • Stall / spin 8
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 6
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 4
  • Gear-up landing 3
  • Engine failure / power loss 2
  • Undershoot / overshoot 2

Categories derived from NTSB Findings descriptions and probable-cause text via deterministic rule matching. "Other" includes cases where the agency record didn't surface enough text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2018-12-31 Boeing 757 · Ground collision · IMC · day
2012-09-18 AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A330-323 · Weather · day
2002-03-31 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 · Fire · IMC · night
2023-06-28 Boeing 717-200 · Gear-up · VMC · day
2023-05-05 Airbus A321-231 · Ground collision · day
2020-07-24 BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2D24 · Stall / spin · dawn
2019-03-10 Bombardier,Bombardier CL 600 2C10,CL600 2D24 · Other · IMC · day
2018-11-16 Cessna 182 · Hard landing · day
2017-09-13 BOMBARDIER INC CL 600 2B19 · Other · IMC · day
2017-02-15 BOMBARDIER INC CL 600 2C10 · Ground collision · day
2015-08-15 Airbus A321 · Weather · dusk
2010-06-05 AIRBUS INDUSTRIE,Airbus A330-323,A321-231 · Other · day
2009-12-14 Boeing MD · Other · IMC · night
2009-07-15 Boeing 737-3B7 · Stall / spin
2009-05-29 BOMBARDIER INC,Pilatus CL-600-2B1,PC12 · Under/overshoot · VMC · day
2008-06-28 Bombardier, Inc.,Bombardier, Inc. CL-600-2C10,CL-600-2B19 · Weather · day
2008-01-30 Bombardier, Inc. 35A · Ground collision · night
2007-10-28 Boeing 757-225 · Ground collision
2006-11-30 Cirrus SR22 · CFIT · IMC · night
2003-06-17 Piper PA-32-300 · Fuel exhaustion · IMC · night
2003-01-08 Beech 1900D · Stall / spin · day
2000-09-26 Douglas DC-3 · Gear-up · IMC · night-moonlit
1999-07-22 Douglas DC3C-S4C4G · Engine failure · VMC · day
1998-04-03 Piper PA-28-181 · Ground collision · day
1997-12-11 Beech A100 · Stall / spin · IMC · night
1997-11-07 Fokker F100 · Weather · day
1996-03-06 Piper PA-31-310 · Other · day
1995-10-21 Cessna 150F · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · dusk
1994-07-02 Douglas DC-9-31 · Weather · day
1994-05-01 Fokker F28 MK 0100 · Stall / spin · VMC · day
1992-04-15 Fokker F.28 MK4000 · Runway excursion · VMC · day
1991-12-11 Bell 206L-3 · Hard landing · VMC · night
1991-01-31 BRITISH AEROSPACE BAE JETSTREAM 3201 · Other · VMC · night
1989-05-04 Cessna A185F · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day
1988-11-23 Piper PA-24-250 · Fuel exhaustion · IMC · day
1988-01-19 de Havilland DHC-6-200 · Under/overshoot · night
1986-01-07 Piper PA-30 · Engine failure · IMC · night
1985-09-06 Piper PA-28R-200 · Other · VMC · day
1985-06-28 Piper PA-42 · Other · night
1985-02-05 Douglas DC-3 · Weather · night
1984-10-31 Smith, Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600A · Other · VMC · day
1984-05-29 Piper PA-30 · Other · VMC · day
1984-03-23 Mitsubishi MU-2B-20 · Other · day
1983-12-06 Piper PA-22-150 · Other · VMC · day
1983-11-25 Cessna T303 · Other
1983-11-15 Piper PA-31-300 · Other · night
1983-05-27 Boeing 727-200 · Other · VMC · day
1981-06-06 Piper PA-28 · Other
1981-04-13 NAMC YS-11 · Other
1980-09-05 Piper PA-28 · Other
1980-03-20 Piper PA-30 · Other
1979-10-07 Piper PA-22 · Other
1979-05-20 Cessna 150 · Other

+ 90 more on file

NASA ASRS near-miss reports at KCLT

9 de-identified reports reference this airfield in the public ASRS Database Report Sets. Voluntary, first-person pilot/controller accounts of safety-relevant events that didn't reach the NTSB. Reports represent the reporter's perspective and cannot infer prevalence.

DPEs near KCLT

Closest FAA Designated Pilot Examiners by great-circle distance from the field. Distances measured city-centroid to airport — useful as a first cut, not a guarantee of exam location. Click any designee for their authorizations and contact info.

Designee City ST Distance
Darrin Murphy Gastonia NC 12 nm
Brian Lee Mott Fort Mill SC 12 nm
Timothy Standard Fort Mill SC 12 nm
Guenter Trautmann Indian Land SC 15 nm
Darrin Murphy Rock Hill SC 17 nm
Adam Rosenberg Concord NC 18 nm
Guenter Trautmann Concord NC 18 nm
Ronald Leo Horton Monroe NC 23 nm
John William Dennis Mooresville NC 23 nm
Gary Garavaglia Statesville NC 34 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs near KCLT

Closest active flight instructors by city-centroid distance. Pulled from the FAA airmen registry — ratings shown reflect the certificate on file. Drill into the state directory for filters by rating, medical, and pilot level.

Instructor City ST Distance
Wade Martin Reinthaler Belmont NC 5 nm
Jeffrey Alan Burns Belmont NC 5 nm
Richard Lee Cloninger Belmont NC 5 nm
Timothy Andrew Seif Belmont NC 5 nm
David Warren Adams Belmont NC 5 nm
Michael Ross Murphy Belmont NC 5 nm
Jeremy David Jones Belmont NC 5 nm
Ashley Anne Haney Belmont NC 5 nm
Justin David Cunningham Belmont NC 5 nm
George Raymond Zeigler Belmont NC 5 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics near KCLT

Closest certificated mechanics by city-centroid distance. Airframe (A), Powerplant (P), and Inspection Authorization (IA) are the ratings that matter for annuals, 100-hours, and major repairs.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Jeffrey Alan Burns Belmont NC 5 nm
Ralph Arthur Davis Belmont NC 5 nm
Kevin Ryan Dunbar Belmont NC 5 nm
Johnnie Neomi Gregg Belmont NC 5 nm
Dallas Van Brewer Belmont NC 5 nm
Michael Chris Cardwell Belmont NC 5 nm
Christopher Norman Cote Belmont NC 5 nm
William Martin Kaufman Belmont NC 5 nm
Tommy Wayne Opliger Belmont NC 5 nm
Byron Scott Rutland Belmont NC 5 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations near KCLT

Closest repair, avionics, paint, and interior shops by airport location. These are the businesses you'll fly the airplane to — not just the certificate-holders nearby. Click any shop for details and contact info.

Shop Distance
Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Charlotte, NC
Charlotte, NC
0 nm
Squawks Aviation
Concord, NC
16 nm
Carolina Avionics Group, LLC
Salisbury, NC
33 nm
Flight1 Aviation Maintenance, LLC
Statesville, NC
33 nm
Inglewood Aviation Maintenance Services, Inc.
Albemarle, NC
41 nm
Twin Lakes Avionics
Advance, NC
48 nm
Aircraft Maintenance Services
Columbia, SC
75 nm
South Carolina Avionics Services, LLC.
Sumter, SC
79 nm
Belle Aircraft Maintenance, LLC
Flecther, NC
79 nm
H and H Propeller Services, Inc
Burlington, NC
87 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.