CLT is the most efficient North American airport

Charlotte Douglas International Airport is the most efficient North American airport with over 30 million passengers according to the Air Transport Regional Society (ATRS), a top academic research group in the air transportation sector.

The results are based on 2021 financial year data and obtained following year-long research by the ATRS Global Airport Performance Benchmarking Task Force, a 16-member team of leading academics from Asia Pacific, Europe and North America.

The award, announced July 2 in Kobe, Japan, measures and compares the performance of several important aspects of operations: productivity and efficiency, unit costs and cost competitiveness, financial results and charges for 205 airports and 24 airport groups of various sizes and ownership forms in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America.