Great-circle route CLT ↔ LGA. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLT → LGA Charlotte to New York |
90/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines |
| LGA → CLT New York to Charlotte |
— | — | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,237,340 passengers on 11,539 flights between CLT and LGA — about 3,392 a day — filling 78% of the 1,576,958 seats flown. American Airlines Inc. carried the most passengers (63%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
3 airlines fly the CLT–LGA nonstop, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-800, Airbus A321, Bombardier CRJ900, Airbus A320 and 4 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Charlotte Douglas International Airport and La Guardia Airport is 544 miles, or 875 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 544 mi |
| Kilometres | 875 km |
| Nautical miles | 473 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 90 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 42m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 544-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.
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,237,340 passengers on 11,539 scheduled flights between CLT and LGA — about 3,392 a day — filling 78% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-800, Airbus A321, Bombardier CRJ900, Airbus A320. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
