CHARLOTTE — The rebound in passenger traffic at Charlotte Douglas International Airport slowed over the past couple of months. That’s not too surprising given the Delta variant of Covid-19 peaked in the U.S. during that same time span, causing some people to rethink their travel plans.
Close to 3.93 million people traveled through Charlotte Douglas in August. While that is about 1.8 million more people — or 86% higher — than the 2.11 million passengers recorded at CLT in August of last year, it is nearly 374,000 fewer people — or 8.7% less — than the 4.31 million passengers in the same month of 2019.
In September, there were about 3.65 million people who boarded or departed a plane at the Charlotte airport. That equates to 1.29 million more people — or 54.7% higher — than the 2.36 million passengers there in September 2020, but 363,763 fewer people — or 9.1% less — than the 4.01 million passengers in the same month of 2019.
Those statistics come from CLT’s most recent airline and cargo activity summaries, which were released last week. The monthly summaries are based on self-reported data from airlines that operate there.
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Meanwhile, data released in October from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that airfare is back on the rise at Charlotte Douglas. In the second quarter of this year — the most current data available — the average domestic fare jumped above $300 at CLT for the first time in a year.
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