CLT Ranks World’s Seventh Busiest Airport
CLT ranks the seventh busiest airport in the U.S and the world in arrivals and departures, according to 2022 preliminary Airports Council International rankings.
In passenger traffic the Airport places 10th in the nation and 19th worldwide.
Last year, Charlotte Douglas saw more flights and increased demand for air travel. CLT handled 505,589 arrivals and departures and served nearly 48 million passengers, which is a 10% jump from 43 million passengers in 2021 and only 5% below the record-breaking 50 million passengers in 2019.
This year, passenger traffic through April (CLT’s latest numbers) is up approximately 15% from 2022 during that same period.
Final 2022 ACI rankings are expected in late summer/early fall.