<Tr> <Th> Aircraft operations </Th> <Td> 553,812 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Source: Federal Aviation Administration, Charlotte Douglas International Airport </Td> </Tr> <P> Charlotte Douglas International Airport (IATA: CLT, ICAO: KCLT, FAA LID: CLT) is a joint civil - military public international airport located in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States . Established in 1935 as Charlotte Municipal Airport, in 1954 the airport was renamed Douglas Municipal Airport after former Charlotte mayor Ben Elbert Douglas Sr., who had overseen the airport's construction . The airport gained its current name in 1982 and, as of September 2017, it is the second largest hub for American Airlines after Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport, with service to 161 domestic and international destinations . As of 2016 it was the 11th busiest airport in the United States, ranked by passenger traffic and 6th by aircraft movements . It was also the 7th busiest airport in the world ranked by aircraft movements However, Charlotte is the largest airport in the United States without any nonstop service to Asia, and it only ranks 19th by international passenger traffic . The airport serves as a major gateway to the Caribbean Islands . CLT covers 5,558 acres (2,249 ha) of land . </P> <P> The city received Works Progress Administration funding to establish Charlotte's first municipal airport; the airport was, at the time, the largest single WPA project, incorporating a terminal, hangar, beacon tower and three runways . </P>

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