The flight time from Charlotte to Salt Lake City is 4 hours, 21 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves CLT Charlotte, NC on time.
18 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 55 minutes in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives SLC Salt Lake City, UT 7 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
85%
American
75%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Charlotte to Salt Lake City is 4 hours, 21 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 55 minutes.

The flight distance from Charlotte to Salt Lake City is 1727 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Salt Lake City to Charlotte
3 hours, 47 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
4h 19m
Delta
4h 23m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

18

Distance

1727 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

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Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
10
American
8

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Charlotte from Salt Lake City by plane?

The distance from Charlotte to Salt Lake City by plane is 1727 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Charlotte to Salt Lake City?

The flight time from Charlotte to Salt Lake City is 4 hours, 21 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 55 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 4 hours, 19 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 4 hours, 23 minutes.

What airlines fly from Charlotte to Salt Lake City?

Delta and American are the airlines with direct flights from Charlotte to Salt Lake City.

Does Southwest fly from Charlotte to Salt Lake City?

Southwest does not fly from Charlotte (CLT) to Salt Lake City (SLC). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Charlotte on time
Taxi Out Time 18 minutes
In the Air 235 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives Salt Lake City 7 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Charlotte to Salt Lake City, American is 75% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 75% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 85% 14% 1%
American 75% 24% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Charlotte and Salt Lake City, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
American 17 234 7 259
Delta 19 236 7 263

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
10am 0.04
11am 0.01
5pm 0.26
6pm 0.93
4pm 0.07
7pm 0.26
8pm 0.28
7am 0.53
9am 0.27
1pm 0

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Charlotte to Salt Lake City that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 61
February 56
March 61
April 60
May 62
June 109
July 119
August 107
September 77
October 85
November 82
December 99

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Charlotte to Salt Lake City that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 2.71
Tuesday 2.62
Wednesday 2.62
Thursday 2.71
Friday 2.77
Saturday 2.75
Sunday 2.63

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
Delta 0
American 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
10am 21 230 7 257
11am 20 223 5 248
5pm 17 237 6 263
6pm 19 238 7 265
4pm 18 239 6 266
7pm 17 232 7 258
8pm 16 230 6 255
7am 19 234 6 261
9am 16 229 7 254
1pm 16 227 8 251
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.