CLT · Charlotte
The 5 best lounges at CLT
Three Charlotte lounges tie at 4.6: the Concourse B Admirals Club, the Centurion Lounge and The Club CLT. Then the field thins out quickly.
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1. The Centurion Lounge
CLT · Concourse D · Charlotte
4.6/5 overall
Rated 4.6/5 across 14 measures. 1 shower. In with Centurion Lounge.
Get in with: Centurion Lounge
2. The Club CLT
CLT · Concourse A · Charlotte
4.6/5 overall
Rated 4.6/5 across 13 measures. 1 shower. In with DragonPass, LoungeKey, Priority Pass, The Club.
Get in with: DragonPass, LoungeKey, Priority Pass, The Club
3. American Airlines Admirals Club (C/D connector)
CLT · Concourse C · Charlotte
4.2/5 overall
Rated 4.2/5 across 13 measures. In with Admirals Club, oneworld Sapphire/Emerald Lounge Access.
Get in with: Admirals Club, oneworld Sapphire/Emerald Lounge Access
4. Delta Sky Club
CLT · Concourse A · Charlotte
3.7/5 overall
Rated 3.7/5 across 14 measures. In with Delta Sky Club, SkyTeam Elite Plus Lounge Access.
Get in with: Delta Sky Club, SkyTeam Elite Plus Lounge Access
1.5/5 overall
Rated 1.5/5 across 13 measures. In with Minute Suites, Priority Pass.
Get in with: Minute Suites, Priority Pass
Charlotte is an American Airlines fortress, so you would expect the Admirals Clubs to dominate. They do not, quite. One of them shares first place at Charlotte Douglas with an American Express lounge and a Priority Pass lounge, and the three are separated by nothing at all.
Three lounges, one score#
American Airlines Admirals Club (B) rates 4.6. It is a 250-seat full-bar club up the escalator between gates B3 and B5, with two showers and the longest hours in the airport, 04:15 to 22:45. Coffee, crowding, drinks, food, power, quiet, seating, service and showers all score 5.
The Centurion Lounge also rates 4.6. It opened in 2020 on the mezzanine of the D/E connector, seats 200, pours craft cocktails and has one shower. It is the stronger room for food, drinks and restrooms, and the weaker one for quiet and crowding, both 4s against the Admirals Club's 5s.
The Club CLT makes it a three-way tie at 4.6, on thirteen rated metrics. It is a small 90-seat independent lounge on Concourse A just before gates A21 and A22, opened in 2022, with a full bar and one shower. Coffee, quiet, seating, service, views and workspace are 5s. Power is a 3, the lowest single score among the top three.
The drop after third#
American Airlines Admirals Club (C/D connector) is fourth at 4.2, a full-bar club with no showers at the junction of Concourses C and D. Seating, service and views are all 3s. Delta Sky Club, which opened in 2024 near gate A32, is fifth at 3.7 with 3s on six of its fourteen metrics. The gap from third to fourth is four tenths and from fourth to fifth another half point. In practice there are three good lounges here and two adequate ones.
Reading it by concourse#
The three leaders are spread across B, the D/E connector and A, which covers most of the airport. The C/D Admirals Club is the sensible choice only if your gate is at the far end of C or D and you have no time to walk. For anyone with a Priority Pass and no airline status, The Club CLT is the one that matters, and it is a genuine equal of the airline rooms rather than a fallback.
How the ranking works#
Overall rating is an average of every metric we score from 1 to 5, and equal scores are listed in the order we hold them. Closed lounges and rooms with fewer than three metrics are dropped. Our methodology has the detail.
Getting into the Concourse B Admirals Club#
Admirals Club members and oneworld Sapphire/Emerald flyers get in on a same-day American or oneworld ticket; day passes are sold. The Centurion takes eligible American Express cards through the Centurion Lounge program. The Club CLT accepts Priority Pass, LoungeKey and DragonPass, and sells a $60 Club Pass to anyone.
I'd compare Charlotte with the best airport lounges everywhere.
Related reading#
Cite this article
Patrick Karsh. “The 5 best lounges at CLT.” Lounge Frog. Published 2026-10-01. Updated 2026-11-09. https://www.loungefrog.com/best/overall/clt
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Quick answers
What is the best lounge at CLT?
The Centurion Lounge (CLT, Concourse D), 4.6/5 overall. It is followed by The Club CLT, American Airlines Admirals Club (C/D connector), Delta Sky Club, Minute Suites (Atrium).
How are these ranked?
By our editorial score, the average of every measure a lounge is rated on, ties broken by overall rating. Only lounges we have photos of are listed.
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