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LGA New York ⇄ CLT Charlotte

LaGuardia Airport (United States) and Charlotte Douglas International Airport (United States): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance875 km544 mi472 nautical miles
LGA → CLT2 h 10 minestimated block time
CLT → LGA2 hestimated block time
Clock change±0 hCharlotte vs New York, today
Great-circle route from New York (LGA) to Charlotte (CLT)LGANew YorkCLTCharlotte
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

LGA → CLT

2 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 227° (SW).

Leave New York Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Charlotte Sat 7 Nov, 12:10 local.

CLT → LGA

2 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 43° (NE).

Leave Charlotte Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive New York Sat 7 Nov, 12:00 local.

The two directions differ by 9 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance875 km · 544 mi · 472 nmi
Initial heading227° (SW) from LGA; 43° (NE) from CLT
Farthest from the equator40.8°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip4% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

LGAAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
CLTAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
DifferenceCharlotte is on the same clock as New York today.

Jet lag, flying LGA → CLT. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

LGA LaGuardia AirportNew York, United States · longest runway 7,002 ft2,134 m CLT Charlotte Douglas International AirportCharlotte, United States · longest runway 10,000 ft3,048 m

More routes from LGA and CLT

LGABOS New York – Boston 296 km184 mi · 1 h 20 min LGADCA New York – Washington 345 km214 mi · 1 h 30 min YYZLGA Toronto – New York 573 km356 mi · 1 h 40 min LGAATL New York – Atlanta 1,225 km761 mi · 2 h 35 min LGAMIA New York – Miami 1,768 km1,099 mi · 3 h 10 min LGADFW New York – Dallas–Fort Worth 2,231 km1,387 mi · 3 h 50 min ATLCLT Atlanta – Charlotte 365 km227 mi · 1 h 25 min CLTLHR Charlotte – London 6,409 km3,983 mi · 7 h 45 min

Routes of a similar length

DXBRUH Dubai – Riyadh 874 km543 mi · 2 h 05 min HNDFUK Tokyo – Fukuoka 882 km548 mi · 2 h 10 min SINCGK Singapore – Jakarta 882 km548 mi · 2 h 05 min ICNKIX Seoul – Osaka 860 km535 mi · 1 h 55 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).