Charlotte Douglas International Airport safety profile
31 recorded occurrences at or near Charlotte Douglas International Airport (1986–2026): 4 at the airport, 27 nearby; 4 fatal, 61 fatalities.
What happens most
Runway incursions
The FAA Runway Safety database records 422 runway incursions at this airport, including 3 serious (Category A/B) events. Full runway incursion history.
Notable investigated occurrences
- 2022-11-22 — Total Traffic & Weather Network (2 fatalities) — 0.0 km
- 2023-05-05 — AMERICAN AIRLINES INC — 0.0 km
- 2020-07-24 — PSA Airlines — 12.0 km
- 2019-05-09 — Alpha One Air Service, LLC — 0.0 km
- 2018-11-16 — 0.4 km
- 2017-02-15 — American Eagle — 0.0 km
- 2015-12-23 — Southwest Airlines Co. — 0.0 km
- 2009-07-15 — US Airways — 3.5 km
- 2009-05-29 — US AIRWAYS INC — 0.0 km
- 2008-01-30 — Bombardier (LearJet) 35A, AirNet Systems Inc. — 0.0 km
Runways
- 18C/36C: 10,000 ft, CONC-F
- 18R/36L: 9,000 ft, CON, lighted
- 18L/36R: 8,676 ft, PEM, lighted
Weather patterns
- Fog: 34.595 days/year
- Thunderstorms: 55.192 days/year
- Snow: 4.599 days/year
- Crosswind >15kt: 0.117% of observations
- Crosswind >25kt: 0.001% of observations
Counts reflect occurrences geo-attached within 25 km of the airport from our investigation-record corpus; they are not a complete history and are not a safety ranking. A recorded occurrence decades ago says little about operations today.