Charlotte Douglas International Airport is a Huge Economic Driver!

Charlotte Douglas International Airport is bracedfor the impact of more than 900,000 travelers over Thanksgiving.  To put that into context, it's nearly the population of the entire City of Charlotte.  Here are a few more interesting facts:

• Terminal opened May 2, 1982
• 118,000 daily passengers
• 21,000 parking spaces
• 6,000 acres of land
• 2022 stats - 47,758,605 passengers, 505,589 arrivals & departures, 207,608 tons of cargo
• 179 nonstop destinations
• 36 international destinations

For an interesting discussion about the airport as well as the activities of American Airlines, please take a few minutes to listen to the REBIC podcast with Tracy Montross, Regional Director of Government Affairs for American Airlines.  

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