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In 1954, a 70,000-square-foot (6,500 m 2) passenger terminal opened and the airport was renamed Douglas Municipal Airport in honor of former Charlotte Mayor Ben Elbert Douglas Sr., who had overseen the airport's opening 20 years earlier. The terminal had two floors; passenger operations were confined to the ground floor.
Charlotte is served daily by several Amtrak trains in each direction; two (2) long-distance services, and four (4) regional trains. [2]The Crescent connects Charlotte with New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Charlottesville, and Greensboro to the north, and Atlanta, Birmingham and New Orleans to the south.
Formerly Charlotte Transit route 1 (Providence). [1] 15 Randolph Road September 5, 1988 Formerly Charlotte Transit route 1 (Randolph). [1] 16 South Tryon 17 Commonwealth Avenue September 5, 1988 Formerly Charlotte Transit route 2 Independence Boulevard. [1] 18 Paw Creek/Rosa Parks Crosstown October 1, 2018 Formerly part of routes 1 and 34. [2]
Opened on November 24, 2007 and hailed as the first major rapid rail service of any kind in North Carolina, the line has 15 stations and ran 9.6 miles (15.4 km) between I-485/South Boulevard, near Pineville, and 7th Street, in Uptown Charlotte; the line was partly shared with the Charlotte Trolley from 2008–2010.
For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2022, the airport had 86,654 aircraft operations, an average of 237 per day: 87% general aviation, 9% air taxi, 1% military and 4% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 233 aircraft based at this airport: 161 single-engine, 29 multi-engine, 35 jet and 8 helicopter. [2]
January 8, 2003, Air Midwest Flight 5481, a Beechcraft 1900D operated by Air Midwest as US Airways Express under a franchise agreement, crashed into an airport hangar and burst into flames 37 seconds after leaving Charlotte/Douglas International Airport located in Charlotte, North Carolina for Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport in ...
Art in the airport. The new terminal also features the largest public art project in Kansas City’s history.. Funding for the $5.6 million of newly commissioned art that is on display came from ...
The Silver Line would connect the outlying cities and towns of Belmont, Matthews, Stallings and Indian Trail to Uptown Charlotte and the Charlotte Douglas International Airport. In the refined locally preferred alternative (LPA), released in early 2021, the route is estimated to be around 29 miles (47 km), [ 3 ] with 29 stations and one ...