CLT Busier as Spring, Summer Travel Begin
Spring and summer travel is bringing flyers back to Charlotte Douglas International Airport in increasing numbers. Vaccines are rolling out and it is great to see passengers have confidence to travel again. That also means our efforts to provide a safe healthy travel experience are paying off, and passengers can be assured it remains a top priority.
Nationally, the Transportation Security Administration screened 1,580,785 passengers on April 2, which is 1,118 percent higher than the 129,763 travelers the same day a year ago, during the COVID-19 pandemic; and 56 percent lower than the more than 2.5 million travelers the same day two years ago, prior to the pandemic.
Charlotte Douglas is averaging around 17,000 daily originating passengers going through the checkpoints with a high of 25,232 people screened on April 2. On the same day last year, at the start of the pandemic, 2,060 passengers went through the checkpoints. In 2019, a record-breaking year for CLT, 28,679 passengers were screened. *Numbers do not include daily connecting passengers.
Our COVID-19 response remains strong. Cleaning, both regular daily cleaning and nightly deep cleaning, is our new normal. Social distancing is encouraged throughout the Airport, the federal mask mandate remains in place and our Airport partners are doing their part too by adopting touchless purchasing technology. Even the air in the terminal is cleaner thanks to bi-polar ionization technology that scrubs viruses and bacteria from the air and hospital-grade MERV-13 air filters.
As you make travel plans in the coming days, be prepared to find a very busy Airport. Unlike smaller airports where passenger traffic may remain low, CLT is a the second largest connecting hub for American Airlines. As a result, more people come thought CLT each day than some travelers expect.
Here are some tips to make your travel more enjoyable.
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