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$85 Find Cheap Flights from Charlotte to Buffalo

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Cheap Flight Deals from Charlotte to Buffalo (CLT-BUF)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Charlotte to Buffalo that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Charlotte to Buffalo

KAYAK's recommended round-trip deals from the most popular airlines that fly from Charlotte to Buffalo.
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6:25 pm - 6:10 pmCLT-BUF
23h 45m1 stop
7:00 pm - 8:48 amBUF-CLT
13h 48m1 stop
$160Frontier
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Thu, Apr 24 - Sun, Apr 27
7:44 am - 6:28 pmCLT-BUF
10h 44m1 stop
9:51 am - 3:31 pmBUF-CLT
5h 40m1 stop
$188Frontier
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Fri, May 9 - Mon, May 12
7:24 am - 9:07 amCLT-BUF
1h 43mnonstop
1:47 pm - 3:45 pmBUF-CLT
1h 58mnonstop
$253American Airlines
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Tue, Jul 8 - Tue, Jul 15
7:29 am - 11:09 amCLT-BUF
3h 40m1 stop
6:23 am - 8:20 amBUF-CLT
1h 57mnonstop
$263American Airlines
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Tue, Jul 8 - Tue, Jul 15
5:25 pm - 11:58 pmCLT-BUF
6h 33m1 stop
6:16 am - 12:11 pmBUF-CLT
5h 55m1 stop
$273Delta
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Wed, Jul 30 - Wed, Aug 6
7:00 am - 10:20 amCLT-BUF
3h 20m1 stop
5:55 am - 2:50 pmBUF-CLT
8h 55m2 stops
$284Southwest
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Tue, May 6 - Wed, May 7
5:07 pm - 11:10 pmCLT-BUF
6h 03m1 stop
5:42 pm - 10:16 pmBUF-CLT
4h 34m1 stop
$288Delta
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Fri, Jul 4 - Tue, Jul 8
5:40 am - 10:25 amCLT-BUF
4h 45m1 stop
5:55 am - 10:15 amBUF-CLT
4h 20m1 stop
$303Southwest
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Thu, Jul 10 - Sun, Jul 13
7:00 am - 2:05 pmCLT-BUF
7h 05m2 stops
2:50 pm - 6:42 pmBUF-CLT
3h 52m1 stop
$348United Airlines
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Wed, Apr 30 - Sat, May 3
7:00 am - 2:05 pmCLT-BUF
7h 05m2 stops
10:30 am - 9:45 pmBUF-CLT
11h 15m2 stops
$353United Airlines
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Wed, Apr 30 - Sat, May 3

Expert advice for your flight from Charlotte to Buffalo 
Snippets provided in this section are AI-generated based on a summarization of KAYAK-commissioned articles. The articles are presented as-is, for general informational purposes only, and may not be up-to-date. The opinions contained in the articles are original to the author and reflect their authentic experience, which may vary significantly from the experience of others.

KAYAK teamed up with top travel experts to share the best tips for your journey.
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American Airlines

American's Main Cabin Extra offers early boarding and complimentary drinks, enhancing comfort.


Enjoy high-speed Wi-Fi on most American flights, with free options for T-Mobile customers.

Frontier

Frontier's Economy Bundle includes a carry-on and seat choice, ideal for budget travelers.


Consider Premium Bundle for priority boarding and extra legroom, just $20 more than Economy.

Read more about Frontierby Stefanie Waldek
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Charlotte to Buffalo flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Charlotte to Buffalo to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Charlotte to Buffalo?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Charlotte to Buffalo clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Buffalo on a Wednesday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to fly from Charlotte to Buffalo. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Wednesday and avoiding Sundays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Charlotte to Buffalo?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Charlotte to Buffalo, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Charlotte to Buffalo is September, where tickets cost $184 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $420 and $339 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Charlotte to Buffalo?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Charlotte to Buffalo, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.
To get a below average price on the flight from Charlotte to Buffalo, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 9 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

February

High season

July

Cheapest flight

$85
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 3% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 15% lower on average.
Flight from Charlotte to Buffalo

When to book flights from Charlotte to Buffalo

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Charlotte to Buffalo based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from Charlotte to Buffalo

  • What is the cheapest flight from Charlotte to Buffalo?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Charlotte to Buffalo was $85 for a one-way ticket and $160 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Charlotte and Buffalo?

    Even though you are not required to have a passport, keep in mind that an official ID is needed to board the airplane.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Charlotte to Buffalo?

    American Airlines, Delta, and JetBlue offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Charlotte to Buffalo flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Charlotte to Buffalo?

    The Airbus A321-100/200 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Charlotte to Buffalo flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Charlotte to Buffalo?

    oneworld is the only airline alliance operating flights between Charlotte and Buffalo.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Charlotte to Buffalo?

    There are nonstop flights from Charlotte to Buffalo on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Charlotte to Buffalo, Delta or Southwest?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Charlotte to Buffalo are Delta and Southwest. With an average price for the route of $276 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. Southwest is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $318 and an overall rating of 8.0.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Charlotte to Buffalo?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Charlotte to Buffalo.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Charlotte to Buffalo?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Buffalo from Charlotte is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Charlotte to Buffalo?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Buffalo with an airline and back to Charlotte with another airline. Booking your flights between Charlotte and BUF can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Charlotte to Buffalo?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Buffalo from Charlotte up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Charlotte to Buffalo

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $121 or less one-way and $230 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Charlotte to Buffalo?

Find which airlines fly direct from Charlotte Douglas Airport to Buffalo Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Charlotte Douglas to Buffalo

Monday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Tuesday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Wednesday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Thursday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Friday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Saturday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Sunday

American Airlines

American Airlines

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Direct returns

Buffalo to Charlotte Douglas

Monday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Tuesday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Wednesday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Thursday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Friday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Saturday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Sunday

American Airlines

American Airlines

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Top 5 airlines serving from Charlotte to Buffalo

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Charlotte to Buffalo. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Charlotte to Buffalo? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4275 reviews
7.1Food
8.1Comfort
8.2Boarding
8.7Crew
7.6Entertainment
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1.5 hour delay, poor service, no compassion from the crew. Terrible experience

2.0 MediocreAndre, Mar 2025DEN - LIT
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1.5 hour delay, poor service, no compassion from the crew. Terrible experience

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

Short flight with plenty of open seats. Drinks and snacks were still provided even on such a short flight. <1 hr

I liked the crew member who gave flight instructions on "in case of a problem:. The seats are so small that only a young teenager could sit in middle seat.

Great experience flying Southwest. The crew was really kind and helpful, and very friendly with our toddler.

Very good. Sad to learn Southwest is going start to charge for bags

Our flight was diverted from being a non-stop to getting within 150 miles and requiring another plane. We heard 4 or 5 different versions from SW as to why we had to stop, then wait for a replacement plane. Five hour delay, weather did not come up as a single excuse.... communication was not clear and well explained. No one really took charge!

My flight to Chicago left and landed early. My return flight left two minutes late and arrived 2 minutes late. My seat selections were ideal! There were no snacks going to Chicago and no snacks on the return trip. There are no charging outlets on board.

WiFi on the flight was not working. Thus, entertainment options were limited.

Great flight staff. Ease of boarding. Overall, very uneventful and easy trip.

The plane was old with small storage areas that had problems closing/latching and not enough storage for everyone, and worn, damaged seats. Service was great but feel a little unsafe on such well used planes.

Great staff. Wifi is terrible. Signing up for skylines is a painstaking process. Had to call customer service just to get my flight itinerary and confirmation sent to me. Consistent delays. A well staffed company that is run so poorly. Upper management needs to be renewed.

Boarding is, as it always is… horrible. Gate lice. Slow moving zones. Too many people with carry ons

I sat in comfort plus. It was fine. Seats were comfortable. I got drinks and snacks.

Good and consistent Printer in lounge did not work for me :(

Flight heavily delayed. No food available despite purchasing an upgrade. No in cabin service.

It was not in Delta's control, but when we landed, we ended up parking at the wrong gate, and so everyone was already ready to deplane and had their carryon bags, ready to leave. But we had to sit down and move to the proper gate. This process took over 30 minutes. Again, not Delta's fault - more so on the staff at JFK

The important things including boarding and the flight being on time and safe were excellent. The disappointment comes from the comfort and amenities. Was misled by the "availability" of inflight internet- there is an extra cost. The tray table was broken, the bathroom door stuck and flight attendants were competent but not very friendly.

Flight was delayed, missed connectingnflight to DC. Put me on flight to Baltimore, had to rent a car for $200. Plane was old, wall peeling around window. Flight was packed, every seat full on small plane. I spent 14 hrs on Friday in airports and missed my planned weekend event.

My Flight was cancelled and there was no other options available for me to Travel on that date and my options for the next day was all connecting flights that would have me in the airports all day before reaching my destination

Compared with other carriers business class for an overnight was not worth the extra expense.

Generally good. The aisles have gotten narrower which can slow down boarding. Flight crew was great! Healthier complimentary snacks would be appreciated. Due to earthquake in San Francisco we had to circle in air space for a bit but then had a smooth landing. I laud the flight crew for their patience ;)

Easy to board. Flight was super crowded though so I didn't sleep well on that cross country red-eye flight. The aisles seem ot have gotten narrower and the seat smaller whn luggage and people are getting bigger so it would be AWESOME to have more space and breathing room in general ;)

We boarded but then sat there waiting on some missed connection people to get on so we sat for about 15 minutes for that. Then we sat again because the passenger manifest was wrong and they had to figure it out before we could leave. That took about another 20 minutes or so. The crew was working hard to figure it out so it’s not their fault. It ended up being a system glitch where someone was upgraded to first class while another person was also in the same seat and it just created a mess that took a little while to figure out. They literally went to every person on the plane asking their names to see who was sitting in the wrong seat. I also hate the entertainment that must be watched on your phone or tablet. Just give us setback screens. It’s so much better. Almost every Delta flight has this now and it is so nice to have them. The crew did a great job. I have no complaints from them. They were very hard working, even with the mishap and a disgruntled passenger.

Overall poor for me I paid extra for seats with leg room and my regional flights exit row seats have less leg room then the others that's money that could have been saved and on my final flight home the flights air was not operating it was unbearably hot in the cabin I will be contacting United and filing a DOT complaint

My priority checked bag was not loaded on the flight. I had to sit in baggage claim in Las Vegas for 2 1/2 hours waiting for the next flight. All baggage staff were very helpful, tracking showed it as scanned for loading. Nobody told me why it wasn't on my flight.

My flight was scheduled for about 6:05 departure. There were 11 gate changes from 4-7pm and the flight was 3 hours delayed due to operational issues. The plane taxied around the airport for about half an hour before stopping to be de-iced. It would have been nice if we were alerted of the plan to de-ice prior to the 30 minute drive around the airport. The flight attendant was friendly, which was the only redeeming thing about this flight. As a former flight attendant for United, I was extremely disappointed.

Delays took 2hours and thirty minutes making me miss my connecting flight and make me sit in the Chicago airport for 9 hours

Had a short delay once we boarded the aircraft in Chicago, but it was fixed in no time flat then we were on our way. The pilot was able to make up the time lost and we landed 5 minute later then schedualed . Great service

Pilot Erika DeLong made us feel safe and at ease in a frankly scary time to be flying. Her warm smile and greeting and excellent command of the aircraft in foggy bumpy weather helped us all to calm our nerves and get us home safely.

I was a little disappointed of not having an android charger. Only one it was for an iPhone. I've flown American in the past and had access to one.

At least it was a short flight. Greyhound with wings.

One of the best flights I’ve had. So smooth.

This flight didn’t happen because AA agents didn’t let us board the flight

Checking in at the counter was very disappointing. The lady had a very bad attitude and smart at me. She had no smile, did not greet me by name, or acknowledge me as a valued customer. Poor reflection of the airline.

First class flight attendant was rude and lacked any customer service skills.

Paid for a window and was assigned to a middle seat with 2 very large people on each side of me. Flight was sold out and I feel I need to be refunded foe paying for a window seat and being put in a middle one..

Would have been good to have a meal since it was a 5.5 hour flight

My flight got delayed for almost 4hrs and then it thankfully went to only 2hrs. Then we were told that there were no space for carry on bags and I had to get it checked... well I counted at least 8 spaces that weren't used and I was one of the few left that actually had one. There was definitely enough space and either the crew can't count or just genuinely are so lazy they don't want to do their jobs correctly and make sure that there ACTUALLY is no space.

The experience was good! I did not try any food, or in house entertainment. I don’t believe there were any tvs. Nothing major that stood out, but low key and good! Thanks!!

Landing in terminal 2, but my luggage is terminal 3. We (and others) were looking for it in terminal 1. We probably missed the crew broadcast, but the communication could have been clearer for non native (or elderly) passengers.

I chose the seats when booked the flight and paid for them. However after checking in I found we were assigned different seats!

Bag should not be so much money. This is how Frontier takes advantage of customers

The plane was comfortable. The time to board was way too slow and very unorganized! The crew was not as friendly as normally. The was not a single time that they offered water nor anything!!!

They switched my flight to Spirit, Never using Kayak again,

i was denied boarding, even though i had an assigned seat, checked in on line and was at airport early. Then they refused to fully refund the the fair and replacement fair because they claimed it was "no show/denied boarding". I will never fly this airline again

I was not permitted on my flight and had to purchase another flight ticket to Las Vegas.

This was a full flight and I was in Zone 1, however upon boarding, several other zones went in ahead of me, leaving no overhead cabin space near my seat. This created a challenging disembarkment process.

Frontier had yet another flight cancellation. Have never made a complete round trip with this airline without at least one leg getting cancelled. Miserable flights - dirty, uncomfortable planes that apparently always have issues since I've had multiple delays and cancellations with them.

Flight was delayed 3 times, would have been nice to have received text message instead of email notifications. Frontier app wasn’t even updated accordingly, no gate number disclosed. No agent at front desk of gate to inform of delay. Very confused and left if the dark

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