The Charlotte Observer
Chase Jordan
26 Nov 2026
Construction crews at Charlotte Douglas International Airport placed the first lane of concrete for the $1 billion-plus Fourth Parallel Runway project, the airport announced Thursday on social media. With an opening scheduled for 2027, the new runway will allow for additional arrivals and departures.
Charlotte airport officials broke ground on the 10,000-foot-long, 150-foot-wide runway in June 2023 to accommodate increasing traffic. The project was initially slated to launch in 2020 but was pushed back to 2023 due to the pandemic and delays in meeting environmental requirements.
CLT places first concrete for new $1 billion runway | Charlotte Observer | 26 Nov 2025
