Great-circle route CLT → IAD. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
The flight time from Charlotte to Washington is approximately 1h 16m nonstop. The distance is 321 miles (517 km). There are about 16 nonstop flights from Charlotte to Washington per day.
That is a great-circle estimate, not a scheduled block time. An airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
| Route | Est. time | Distance | Frequency | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLT → IAD Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport |
1h 16m | 321 mi | 63/wk | American Airlines, United Airlines |
| CLT → DCA Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport |
1h 18m | 331 mi | 51/wk | American Airlines |
Frequencies come from our most recent schedule sample. Where a pairing shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
2 airlines fly nonstop from Charlotte to Washington, including American Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Embraer 175, Canadair reg jet 700, Bombardier CRJ900, Airbus A319 and 1 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Charlotte to Washington is 321 miles, or 517 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 321 mi |
| Kilometres | 517 km |
| Nautical miles | 279 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 2 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 114 departures a week, across 2 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 16m in the air on the CLT–IAD nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 321-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
321 miles (517 km) great-circle between Charlotte Douglas International Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport.
American Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Embraer 175, Canadair reg jet 700, Bombardier CRJ900, Airbus A319. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
CLT to IAD, CLT to DCA. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
