KCLT Runway 05/23 — Charlotte Douglas International Airport
7,502 × 150 ft pem · true headings 049° / 229° · field elevation 748 ft
Runway 05/23 at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (KCLT) in Charlotte, NC is 7,502 ft long and 150 ft wide, pem, with true headings 049° and 229°. KCLT publishes a digital ATIS, so this page shows the runway the tower is actually using right now and builds a record of how often each end is assigned.
Runway 05/23 — current status
CLOSED- The FAA runway record lists this runway as closed.
Sources: FAA runway record (OurAirports) · Tower TFDM 0316Z (11:16 PM EDT) · D-ATIS 0252Z (10:52 PM EDT). Runway NOTAMs stream live from the FAA NOTAM Management Service (SWIM); the official text is shown verbatim below the card. Always confirm with a current briefing.
No received NOTAM currently names runway 05/23 at KCLT. NOTAMs are received live from the FAA NOTAM Management Service through SWIM and recorded since Sep 19, 2026; a NOTAM issued before that and not re-issued since may be missing. Get a full briefing before flight.
Current active runways at KCLT
As stated by the tower — its TFDM surface system and its D-ATIS broadcast. Not an estimate.
Airport rates: 80 arrivals / 69 departures per hour. In effect since 2026-09-18 2108Z (5:08 PM EDT).
A bare number (36, 36) means the broadcast did not say which parallel.
Show the D-ATIS text
CLT ARR INFO J 0252Z. 00000KT 10SM FEW070 SCT150 BKN180 OVC250 25/22 A3010 (THREE ZERO ONE ZERO) RMK AO2 SLP197 OCNL LTGIC DSNT SW CB DSNT SW T02500222 53002. SIMUL APCHS IN USE, EXPECT VISUAL APCH 1L, 1R, 36. NOTAMS... TWY N CLSD, TWY E CLSD BTN TWY, E5 AND TWY M . TWY V CLSD BTN TWY, Q AND TWY T . TWY T CLSD, TWY D SOUTH OF D3 RESTRICTED TO GROUP 4 AND SMALLER AIRCRAFT. RWY 1R GS OTS, RY 18 REILS OTS, RY 19R PAPI OTS, TDWR OTS. CHARLOTTE VOR OTS. 100 FOOT CRANE WEST OF FIRE STATION ON SIERRA. RUNWAY 1R, 1L, AND 19R OUTER MARKER OUT OF SERVICE. RUNWAY 19R AND 1L INNER MARKER UNSERVICEABLE. RNAV YANKEE RWY 1R DISREGARD NOTE LNAV PROCEDURE NOT AVAILABLE DURING SIMULTANEOUS OPERATIONS. LIGHTED CRANE 3.2 MILES NW OF CLT 250 FEET TALL. BIRD ACTIVITY VICINITY ARPT. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO J.
CLT DEP INFO W 0252Z. 00000KT 10SM FEW070 SCT150 BKN180 OVC250 25/22 A3010 (THREE ZERO ONE ZERO) RMK AO2 SLP197 OCNL LTGIC DSNT SW CB DSNT SW T02500222 53002. SIMUL DEPS IN USE, EXPECT 1R, 36. NOTAMS... TWY N CLSD, TWY E CLSD BTN TWY, E5 AND TWY M . TWY V CLSD BTN TWY, Q AND TWY T . TWY T CLSD, TWY D SOUTH OF D3 RESTRICTED TO GROUP 4 AND SMALLER AIRCRAFT. RY 18 REILS OTS, TDWR OTS. CHARLOTTE VOR OTS. 100 FOOT CRANE WEST OF FIRE STATION ON SIERRA. RUNWAY 1R, 1L, AND 19R OUTER MARKER OUT OF SERVICE. RUNWAY 19R AND 1L INNER MARKER UNSERVICEABLE. RNAV YANKEE RWY 1R DISREGARD NOTE LNAV PROCEDURE NOT AVAILABLE DURING SIMULTANEOUS OPERATIONS. LIGHTED CRANE 3.2 MILES NW OF CLT 250 FEET TALL. BIRD ACTIVITY VICINITY ARPT. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO W.
Current wind on Runway 05/23
Wind calm
No steady wind direction — no components to compute.
No steady wind direction — no components to compute.
Components use TRUE runway headings and TRUE METAR wind. “Favored by wind” is arithmetic, not an ATC assignment.
ATIS Alerts Predicted Runway
Which runway at KCLT is likely to be in use over the next 12 hours — an estimate, not an ATC assignment.
| Time | Likely runway | Confidence | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Now0331Z · 11:31 PM EDT | 36, 01R and 01Lactive · tower TFDM stated by the tower (TFDM) | stated | calm |
| +1 h0431Z · 12:31 AM EDT | 36C calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind | Low55% | 350° at 4 kt |
| +2 h0531Z · 1:31 AM EDT | 36C calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind | Low55% | 350° at 4 kt |
| +3 h0631Z · 2:31 AM EDT | 36C calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind | Low55% | 010° at 3 kt |
| +6 h0931Z · 5:31 AM EDT | 36Cthen 36L | Low35% | 020° at 5 kt |
| +12 h1531Z · 11:31 AM EDT | 36Cthen 36L | Low20% | 050° at 6 kt |
ATIS Alerts Predicted Runway is an estimate from the TAF wind forecast and runway geometry (most headwind, crosswind penalised, tailwind over 5 kt avoided, longest runway breaks ties). It is not an ATC assignment and does not know about noise abatement, traffic flow or construction unless the D-ATIS states them. TAF issued 2339Z (7:39 PM EDT).
Counts the tower's surface system expects per runway over the next two hours — the tower's plan, not an ATIS Alerts estimate and not an ATC assignment. A runway with zero expected demand is not in the plan for that period. During a runway change the plan can lag the configuration above for a few minutes (flights already assigned to the old runways stay counted there until reassigned).
- GDP → SAN · since 09/19 0000Z · by DCC · Volume/Terminal:Volume: — ground delay program
- GDP → SFO · since 09/19 0200Z · by DCC · Volume/Terminal:Volume: — ground delay program
Restrictions on departures from KCLTtoward the named airports or fixes, as recorded by the tower's surface system; they change the departure flow, not the runway in use. Not an FAA product.
Runway 05/23 overview
Physical characteristics from the FAA-derived runway record.
- Length
- 7,502 ft
- Width
- 150 ft
- Surface
- Partially concrete/asphalt
- Runway lights
- Lighted
- Airport elevation
- 748 ft
- FAA record status
- Closed
- True heading
- 049°
- Magnetic (approx.)
- ≈ 057°
- FAA record
- Closed
- True heading
- 229°
- Magnetic (approx.)
- ≈ 237°
- FAA record
- Closed
Runway 05/23 numbers are magnetic; the stored geometry and every wind calculation on this page are TRUE north, so they never need a variation correction. Magnetic variation here is about 8.0°W (World Magnetic Model). Displaced thresholds, declared distances (TORA/TODA/ASDA/LDA), approach lighting, PAPI/VASI, ILS equipment and traffic-pattern direction are FAA NASR fields not yet loaded — they are omitted rather than guessed.
Recorded runway use at KCLT — last 30 days
How often the tower's TFDM configuration listed each end for arrivals and departures (the tower's own statement, via FAA SWIM).
ATIS Alerts records every change of KCLT's tower TFDM configuration and turns it into a log of which runways the facility named for arrivals and departures. Recording started Sep 18, 2026 — 6 hours captured so far. Usage statistics appear once 24 hours are on record, and become meaningful after a few weeks.
Historical wind and crosswind on runway 05/23
20-year hourly climatology from the ASOS archive, computed per runway end.
Long-term wind statistics for runway 05/23 are not loaded yet. ATIS Alerts computes them from the 20-year ASOS archive for stations with continuous records; check back as coverage expands.
Runway 05/23 closure history
Runway NOTAM history begins when the NOTAM feed goes live (next phase).
D-ATIS broadcasts recorded since Sep 18, 2026 declared runway 05 closed on 0 days and runway 23 closed on 0 days in the last 30 days. Scheduled and unscheduled closure NOTAMs, with start and end times and the official text, will appear here once ATIS Alerts records runway NOTAMs; there is no retrievable archive, so history accrues from that date forward.
Instrument approaches to runway 05/23
From the FAA d-TPP, linked to the official plates.
Runway 05
No straight-in instrument approach published to this end.
Runway 23
No straight-in instrument approach published to this end.
22 departure procedures · 20 STARs · FAA hot spots page ↗ · FAA d-TPP cycle 2610. Plates open on aeronav.faa.gov (public domain); ATIS Alerts does not reproduce charts or minimums.
Methodology and sources
Short version below; the full write-up is at Runway Intelligence methodology, and every launched airport is listed on the Runway Intelligence hub.
- Active runwayscome first from the tower's TFDM (Terminal Flight Data Manager) airport configuration, received as structured data through the FAA SWIM Cloud Distribution Service at towers that have it (KCLT does); otherwise from the airport's D-ATIS text (community relay of the FAA broadcast) with an open, tested parser, and the broadcast text is always shown. Every change is recorded, so “recorded use” is what the facility stated, never an inference. ATIS Alerts is not an FAA product and this is not FAA data; SWIM content is for non-operational use.
- Wind components use the current METAR (aviationweather.gov) against TRUE runway headings from the OurAirports/FAA runway record.
- Runway visual range, tower demand and traffic-management restrictions come from FAA SWIM: STDDS Airport Data (RVR and light settings, about 130 airports) and TFDM (15-minute runway demand, APREQ/MIT restrictions). Each block is stamped with its own time; none of it is an FAA product or a clearance.
- Predicted runway scores each open end from the TAF wind (headwind, crosswind penalty, tailwind avoidance, longest-runway tie-break); confidence falls with forecast distance, gusts and TAF age. It does not model noise abatement or flow programs.
- Climatology: Iowa Environmental Mesonet ASOS archive, one observation per hour, 45° wind sectors, percentiles via t-digest; runway geometry is today's record applied to all years. Methodology v1.
- Approaches: FAA d-TPP metafile, current charting cycle; plates link to aeronav.faa.gov. No minimums are reproduced.
- Data freshness: METAR and D-ATIS refresh every minute on this page; the D-ATIS recorder ran 1 min ago; the tower TFDM feed last delivered 15 min ago; climatology through the archive end.
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