page_title: Charlotte Douglas International Airport
section_title: Concourse D
hierarchical_section_title: Charlotte Douglas International Airport / Facilities / Terminal / Concourse D
caption_attribution_description: English: Inside the main atrium at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport
context_page_description: Charlotte Douglas International Airport is an international airport in Charlotte, North Carolina and is the primary airport for commercial and military use in the Charlotte metropolitan area located roughly six miles from the city's central business district. The airport is owned by the City of Charlotte and operated by the city's aviation department. Established in 1935 as Charlotte Municipal Airport, the airport was renamed in 1954 for Ben Elbert Douglas Sr., who was mayor of Charlotte when the airport was first built. It took its present name in 1982. The airport is a fortress hub for American Airlines, which serves 148 destinations and operates over 700 daily flights out of Charlotte. CLT covers 5,558 acres of land.
  As of 2019, it was the 11th-busiest airport in the United States ranked by passenger traffic and 5th-busiest by aircraft movements. It was the 6th-busiest airport in the world ranked by aircraft movements. The airport has four runways and one passenger terminal composed of five concourses. CLT's single terminal has the more gates than any other single airport terminal building in the United States.
context_section_description: Concourse D has 13 gates and is used by American, Lufthansa, and Volaris. Concourse D serves as the international concourse and all international arrivals without customs preclearance are handled at this facility. U.S. Customs and Border Protection operates a processing facility in Concourse D below the passenger areas. International passengers connecting through CLT must pass through the CBP facility and then recheck baggage and re-clear security. American also operates some domestic flights from this concourse.  It opened in 1990.
caption: The central atrium of the passenger terminal.
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