The flight time from Detroit to Charlotte is 1 hour, 42 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves DTW Detroit, MI 4 minutes early.
13 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 17 minutes in the air
9 minutes taxiing in
Arrives CLT Charlotte, NC 11 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Spirit
100%
Delta
90%
American
86%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Detroit to Charlotte is 1 hour, 42 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 17 minutes.

The flight distance from Detroit to Charlotte is 500 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Charlotte to Detroit
1 hour, 40 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
1h 25m
Delta
1h 38m
American
1h 46m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

57

Distance

500 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
30
American
27
Spirit
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Detroit from Charlotte by plane?

The distance from Detroit to Charlotte by plane is 500 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Detroit to Charlotte?

The flight time from Detroit to Charlotte is 1 hour, 42 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 17 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 1 hour, 25 minutes, and American the slowest taking 1 hour, 46 minutes.

What airlines fly from Detroit to Charlotte?

American, Spirit, and Delta are the airlines with direct flights from Detroit to Charlotte.

Does Southwest fly from Detroit to Charlotte?

Southwest does not fly from Detroit (DTW) to Charlotte (CLT). 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 Detroit 4 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 13 minutes
In the Air 77 minutes
Taxiing In 9 minutes
Arrives Charlotte 11 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 Detroit to Charlotte, Spirit is 100% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 100% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Spirit 100% 0% 0%
Delta 90% 9% 1%
American 86% 13% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Detroit and Charlotte, 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)
Spirit 9 71 5 85
Delta 13 77 8 98
American 14 78 11 106

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
7am 0.63
2pm 0.54
5pm 0.67
10am 1.37
9am 0.13
6am 0.66
3pm 0.42
1pm 0.53
7pm 0.67
5am 0.05
11am 0.16
6pm 0.05
8am 0.94
9pm 0.96
12pm 0.27
8pm 0.04

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Detroit to Charlotte 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 223
February 210
March 265
April 238
May 241
June 256
July 262
August 273
September 260
October 290
November 250
December 221

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Detroit to Charlotte 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 8.46
Tuesday 7.77
Wednesday 8.15
Thursday 8.54
Friday 8.6
Saturday 7.6
Sunday 8.37

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 1
American 1
Spirit 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)
7am 14 78 6 100
2pm 13 78 7 99
5pm 12 78 9 101
10am 13 77 8 100
9am 14 76 14 109
6am 14 79 11 106
3pm 12 78 10 102
1pm 12 78 9 101
7pm 13 77 12 105
5am 16 77 6 101
11am 13 77 10 102
6pm 16 77 20 109
8am 14 78 11 106
9pm 14 74 8 96
12pm 13 79 10 104
8pm 17 74 7 100
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.