OREANDA-NEWS. CLT greeted 10,334,799 passengers January - March 2014. It was a 2.2 percent jump compared to 10,114,853 travelers who visited the Airport the same time period in 2013.

Passengers flying abroad also experienced an increase, climbing 2 percent from 632,513 travelers (January - March 2013) to 645,271 through this March.

Operations continued to be impacted by thousands of weather-related cancelations nationwide. Aircraft movements decreased 3.9 percent from 135,500 landings and departures (January - March 2013) to 130,199 during the first three months of 2014.  

Another dip occurred in cargo numbers, which were down 2.4 percent. CLT handled 30,849 tons of cargo (January - March 2014) compared to 31,620 tons last year at that time.