Charlotte is a major city and commercial hub in North Carolina. Its modern city center (Uptown) is home to the Levine Museum of the New South, which explores post–Civil War history in the South, and hands-on science displays at Discovery Place. Uptown is also known for the NASCAR Hall of Fame, which celebrates the sport of auto racing through interactive exhibits and films.

Established in 1935 as Charlotte Municipal Airport, the airport was renamed in 1954 for Ben Elbert Douglas Sr., who was mayor of Charlotte when the airport was first built. It took its present name in 1982. The airport is a fortress hub for American Airlines, which serves 148 destinations and operates over 700 daily flights out of Charlotte. CLT covers 5,558 acres (2,249 ha) of land.

As of 2019, it was the 11th-busiest airport in the United States ranked by passenger traffic (having processed over 50 million passengers) and 5th-busiest by aircraft movements. It was the 6th-busiest airport in the world ranked by aircraft movements. The airport has four runways and one passenger terminal composed of five concourses. CLT's single terminal has the more gates (115) than any other single airport terminal building in the United States. A joint commercial-civil-military facility, the airport is home to the Charlotte Air National Guard Base (Charlotte ANGB) and its host unit, the 145th Airlift Wing (145 AW) of the North Carolina Air National Guard, located in a military containment area on the east side of the airport. The airport is also home to an air cargo center and an American Airlines maintenance facility.

Hub Manager -  AAL1562 Jack Mcpeek
Asst. Manager - AAL2756 Justin Hooker
Director of Hub Operations - AAL1811 Kevin Zerbe

Operations Information for KCLT
 

• For sceneries with concourse A extension, American uses gates A1-13 and all gates at concourses B-E
• For sceneries without concourse A extension, American uses all gates at concourses B-E
• Airport diagram 00078AD (iflightplanner.com)
• Runways: 36L/18R, 36C/18C, 36R/18L
• ILS 18R Approach 00078IL18R (iflightplanner.com) - ILS 36L Approach 00078IL36L (iflightplanner.com)
• ILS 18C Approach 00078IL18C (iflightplanner.com) - ILS 36C Approach 00078IL36C (iflightplanner.com)
• ILS 18L Approach 00078IL18L (iflightplanner.com) - ILS 36R Approach 00078IL36R (iflightplanner.com)

Arrival Charts KCLT.pdf (jeppesen.com)