‘Suspicious package’ found at Charlotte airport. Here’s what happened.
Police investigated a “suspicious package” at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Wednesday morning.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers said they were investigating an unattended package at Checkpoint C at about 9:45 a.m. Officers found its owner by 9:50 a.m. and reopened traffic headed to the airport at about 10 a.m.
The incident was resolved and normal operations are resumed by 10:10 a.m., the airport posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.
With Checkpoint C closed, airport officials are directed PreCheck passengers to Checkpoint A. Standard screenings continued at Checkpoint 1 and Checkpoint E. By 10:40 a.m., Checkpoint C reopened for PreCheck passengers.
Traffic around the airport, which officials warned was already building up, also stalled during the investigation.
“The incident at CLT has been resolved and normal operations are resuming,” the airport posted. “Give yourself extra time this morning.”
Charlotte Douglas remains one of the busiest airports in the world and is hub for American Airlines, which handles the vast majority of flights from CLT.
The Airport Council International recently said CLT ranked seventh-busiest worldwide for arrivals and departures, according to the group’s preliminary rankings for 2022. Last year, the airport handled 505,589 arrivals and departures.
As of 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, 11 flights leaving CLT were delayed, according to FlightAware.
This story was originally published December 20, 2023 at 10:25 AM.
