Great-circle route IAD → CLT. 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 Washington to Charlotte is approximately 1h 16m nonstop. The distance is 321 miles (517 km). There are about 18 nonstop flights from Washington to Charlotte 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAD → CLT Washington Dulles International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport |
1h 16m | 321 mi | 63/wk | American Airlines, United Airlines |
| DCA → CLT Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport |
1h 18m | 331 mi | 61/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 Washington to Charlotte, including American Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Bombardier CRJ900, Airbus A320, Embraer 175, Canadair reg jet 700 and 2 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Washington to Charlotte 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 124 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 IAD–CLT 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 Washington Dulles International Airport and Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
American Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Bombardier CRJ900, Airbus A320, Embraer 175, Canadair reg jet 700. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
IAD to CLT, DCA to CLT. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
