CHARLOTTE — Charlotte Douglas International Airport moved higher in the top 10 in flights and passenger counts last year, according to preliminary rankings provided by Airports Council International.
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The airport, also known as CLT, climbed to sixth in the world in 2024 in takeoffs and landings with 596,583. That represents an increase of 11% from a year earlier, when Charlotte Douglas ranked seventh internationally with 539,066 aircraft movements.
A record 58.8 million passengers traveled through CLT in 2024, up from 53.4 million — an increase of 10%. The airport jumped two notches in North American passenger counts, to seventh in 2024 from ninth a year earlier.
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