Direct Flights from Charlotte to Gainesville
Gainesville · Florida
Nonstop service from CLT to GNV on American. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
Only 4 cities have a nonstop to Gainesville, so this is a route worth knowing about — most travelers connect to get there.
How long to go to Gainesville for, from Charlotte
1h 15m in the air, 389 miles: short enough that a single night in Gainesville is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
With roughly 4 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About Gainesville
Gainesville is in North Central Florida. It is home to the University of Florida, and Santa Fe College.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Gainesville
- The Florida Museum of Natural History is Florida's official state-sponsored and chartered natural history museum.
- The Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art is an art museum at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. It is in the UF Cultural Plaza area in the southwest part of campus.
- Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park is a Florida State Park, encompassing a 21,000-acre (85 km2) savanna in Alachua County, Florida lying between Micanopy and Gainesville. It is also a U.S. National Natural Landmark.
- Silver Springs is a group of artesian springs that feed into the Silver River in Marion County, Florida.
- Acuera was the name of both an indigenous town and a province or region in central Florida during the 16th and 17th centuries. The indigenous people of Acuera spoke a dialect of the Timucua language.
- Fort King was a United States military fort in north central Florida, near what later developed as the city of Ocala. It was named after U.S.
- The Appleton Museum of Art is an art museum located in Ocala, Florida. It is affiliated with and governed by the College of Central Florida and has been since 2004.
- Devil's Den is a solution sinkhole near Williston, Florida. It has a small opening in the ground leading to a large cavern, partially filled with water.
- The Kanapaha Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden in Gainesville, Florida, operated by the North Florida Botanical Society. The name for the garden comes from the nearby 250-acre Lake Kanapaha.
- Six Gun Territory was a Western-themed theme park in Ocala, Florida, United States. It opened on February 2, 1963 and closed on January 1, 1984.
- The Century Tower is a 157-foot-tall (48 m) bell tower containing a carillon in the center of the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida, United States.
- Dudley Farm Historic State Park (Florida), also known as Dudley Farm, is a U.S. historic district and museum park located in Newberry, Florida. It was added to the U.S.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Gainesville weather, compared with Charlotte
9° warmer than Charlotte on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Gainesville 67°F · Charlotte 52°F · 15° warmer
- April
- Gainesville 82°F · Charlotte 73°F · 9° warmer
- July
- Gainesville 91°F · Charlotte 90°F · much the same
- October
- Gainesville 82°F · Charlotte 73°F · 9° warmer
Gainesville is the steadier of the two, moving 24° between its coldest and warmest months where Charlotte moves 38°.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Gainesville
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Gainesville is November–April, when daytime highs are a comfortable 67–82°F.
- How long to stay
- Gainesville rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Florida Museum of Natural History, Harn Museum of Art, and Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Charlotte to Gainesville?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Charlotte (CLT) to Gainesville (GNV) on American.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Charlotte to Gainesville?
- American flies nonstop between Charlotte (CLT) and Gainesville (GNV).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Charlotte to Gainesville?
- There are about 4 nonstop departures per day (roughly 28 per week) from Charlotte to Gainesville.
- How far is Gainesville from Charlotte?
- Gainesville is about 389 miles from Charlotte by air.
- What is there to do in Gainesville?
- Popular things to do include Florida Museum of Natural History, Harn Museum of Art, Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Silver Springs (attraction), and more.
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