# Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)

United States

## One terminal, five concourses

Charlotte is a single terminal with five concourses fanning out from a central hall the airport calls the Atrium. Concourses A to E, and you walk to all of them. There is no train and no shuttle inside the building, which is unusual for a hub this size.



Your airline's current gate and departure instructions take precedence over this guide.

## The three checkpoints

Every concourse and every gate at Charlotte is reachable from any of the three checkpoints, so which one you use is a question of queue, not of destination.

Checkpoint 1 runs 3:45 a.m. to 8 p.m. and takes standard, special assistance and family screening. Checkpoint 3 keeps the same hours. Checkpoint 2 carries the main PreCheck lane until 11 p.m. and is the only one open past eight in the evening.

## Getting into Charlotte

Taxis wait on the outer curb of the Arrivals and Baggage Claim level in Zone 1, generally 5 a.m. to midnight. Charlotte sets flat fares rather than leaving it to the meter: $32 to Uptown, meaning anywhere inside the I-277 loop, and $16 for anything within three miles of the airport. A $2.50 airport fee is added to every trip.

Ride apps pick up a floor above, on the Departures and Ticketing level, in the inner lanes at Zones 1 to 3.

## Parking

Nine ways to leave a car, from valet and the Express Deck down to two long-term lots and the free cell phone lot.

Each parking page prints its daily maximum: $14 at Long Term Lots 1 and 2, $18 at the Daily North Lot, $24 at both Express Decks, $28 at the Daily Decks, $35 at the Hourly Deck and $50 for Valet. Several are sold only online, at parkclt.com or in the CLT Airport app.

## Finding a person

Four Traveler Information Centers sit on the Arrivals and Baggage Claim level. They hold the hotel numbers and the phone for calling a courtesy vehicle, which matters here because the airport publishes no hotel list of its own.

Wheelchair-accessible taxis are requested through the Parking Dispatch Office on 704-359-4038, the same number for a fare dispute.

Reviewed 2026-09-22. Based on Charlotte Douglas International Airport guidance; not a live status feed.

## Guides
- [The concourses and finding your gate](https://flywhenever.com/airport/clt/terminals.md)
- [Connecting at Charlotte](https://flywhenever.com/airport/clt/connections.md)
- [Getting to and from the airport](https://flywhenever.com/airport/clt/transport.md)
- [Parking and passenger pick-up](https://flywhenever.com/airport/clt/parking.md)
- [Eating and shopping at Charlotte](https://flywhenever.com/airport/clt/dining.md)
- [Accessibility and assistance](https://flywhenever.com/airport/clt/accessibility.md)

## Deals
- [Deals from CLT](https://flywhenever.com/deals/from/clt.md)

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