Is there a nonstop flight from Charlotte (CLT) to Albany (ALB)?

Yes. American operates a nonstop CLT–ALB service year-round.

How often do flights leave CLT for ALB?

About 3× daily — 21.9 departures a week in August 2026, compared with 19.8 a week in February 2026.

How much does a nonstop CLT to ALB flight cost?

Half of tickets sold on this route were between $150 and $300 one way, with a median of $200. Based on 875 ticket records in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025.

Nonstop route

Charlotte to Albany nonstop

Yes: American flies direct from Charlotte (CLT) to Albany (ALB) about 3 times a day, year-round.

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ALBAlbany

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3× daily21.9 flights a week

Year-roundflown 12 of the last 12 months

$150–$300typical one-way · median $200 · US DOT Q2 2025

646miles · about 1 hr 50 min

Route detail

Charlotte to Albany in numbers

Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.

Distance and flight time: 646 miles nonstop, about 1 hr 50 min gate to gate. Flight time is an estimate from the great-circle distance; the filings carry distance, not scheduled elapsed time.
Seasonality: Flew every month of the last year: busiest in October 2025 (25 flights a week), quietest in January 2026 (16 flights a week).
Sep 2025: 23 flights a week
Oct 2025: 25 flights a week
Nov 2025: 20 flights a week
Dec 2025: 20 flights a week
Jan 2026: 16 flights a week
Feb 2026: 20 flights a week
Mar 2026: 21 flights a week
Apr 2026: 21 flights a week
May 2026: 21 flights a week
Jun 2026: 21 flights a week
Jul 2026: 21 flights a week
Aug 2026: 22 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings.
Who operates the flights: American is the only carrier filing this pair.
Fares: Half of the 875 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $150 and $300 one way, median $200. The survey runs a couple of quarters behind, so read it as the shape of the route's pricing rather than today's quote.
Jul to Sep (Q3 2024): median $225 one way, middle half $200 to $325, 863 tickets
Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $200 one way, middle half $150 to $300, 880 tickets
Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $175 one way, middle half $125 to $275, 536 tickets
Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $200 one way, middle half $150 to $300, 875 tickets
Jan to Mar trips were the cheapest (median $175 one way) and Jul to Sep trips cost the most (median $225), in the DOT ticket survey for Q3 2024 to Q2 2025. Bars show the middle half of one-way fares; the mark is the median.

Flying the other way? Albany to Charlotte nonstop.

Also nonstop from Charlotte (CLT)

Busiest other routes out of the same airport

Chicago (ORD) about 14 times a day
Atlanta (ATL) about 13 times a day
Orlando (MCO) about 12 times a day
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) about 12 times a day
Boston (BOS) about 11 times a day
New York (LGA) about 10 times a day
Miami (MIA) about 10 times a day
Philadelphia (PHL) about 9 times a day

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