May 30, 2024 - CLT visited the dark side for the terminal’s 42nd birthday on May 2, welcoming Star Wars characters to help celebrate.
The Airport’s current terminal opened on May 2, 1982. Since the anniversary was close to Star Wars Day on May 4, the two events were combined to create an out of this world birthday.
Darth Vader, two stormtroopers, along with an imperial officer and Grand Admiral Thrawn were greeted with comments such as “No way, this can’t be real” and “You have got to be kidding” as the Empire took over CLT for 90 minutes.
Passengers and Airport staff posed for pictures with the iconic villains in the Atrium and picked up a special birthday/Star Wars themed cookie and CLT water bottle.
Videos and photos were posted on the Airport’s social media for Star Wars Day on May 4 and received lots of fun reactions.
- “A far away galaxy and they still have to connect through Charlotte. Seems about right,” @jesseleftwich said on Instagram.
- “I’m sure that brightened people’s day while waiting for their flights,” Vernecia Hartsfield said on Facebook.
- “The Force is strong with this Airport,” Drew Cheshire said on X (formerly Twitter).
Darth Vader and crew also got into some mischief while at CLT. Watch what they were up to.