Where is Charlotte?
The Charlotte region is composed of 16 counties, including two counties in South Carolina, with the city of Charlotte serving as the hub. Located in the heart of the Southeast, Charlotte lies within the southern Piedmont of North Carolina along the state's border with South Carolina. Charlotte is the largest and most accessible city between Washington, D.C. and Dallas, TX. Owing to its mid-Atlantic location, getting to Charlotte is easy from anywhere in the country or world, garnering its nickname the "International Gateway to the South".
More than 55 percent of the country's population lives within a two hour flight of Charlotte, North Carolina and 6 million people live within a 100-mile radius. Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, the national hub of US Airways, carries on average more than 500 flights a day and has more flights per capita than any other airport in the nation. Check for information about Charlotte airfare at VisitCharlotte.com.
Charlotte offers drivers convenient access to the Queen City by way of its highly efficient and growing interstate highway system. I-77 and I-85 connect Charlotte to cities in the Northeast, Southwest and Midwest. Convenient I-40, less than one hour north, provides an important east/west link with coast-to-coast access.