$81 Find Cheap Flights from Charlotte to Gulf Shores

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Cheapest round-trip
$173
Overall average: $405
Spirit Airlines
Fri 1/9Mon 1/12
CLT - PNS • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$384
Typical prices: $405-$493
American Airlines
Wed 1/21Mon 1/26
CLT - PNS • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from Charlotte to Gulf Shores (CLT-PNS)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Charlotte to Gulf Shores 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.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Charlotte to Gulf Shores

Fri, Jan 9 - Mon, Jan 12
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11:12 am - 4:37 pm
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PNS
6h 25m1 stop
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4:03 pm - 12:40 am
PNS
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CLT
7h 37m1 stop
$173Spirit Airlines
Thu, Jan 29 - Sun, Feb 1
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6:00 am - 3:08 pm
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PNS
10h 08m1 stop
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4:03 pm - 12:40 am
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7h 37m1 stop
$176Spirit Airlines
Fri, Jan 16 - Mon, Jan 19
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11:12 am - 4:37 pm
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PNS
6h 25m1 stop
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5:33 pm - 10:40 am
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CLT
16h 07m1 stop
$185Multiple Airlines
Fri, Jan 16 - Mon, Jan 19
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11:12 am - 4:37 pm
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PNS
6h 25m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
5:33 pm - 10:40 am
PNS
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CLT
16h 07m1 stop
$186Multiple Airlines
Fri, Jan 16 - Mon, Jan 19
Spirit Airlines Logo
11:12 am - 4:37 pm
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PNS
6h 25m1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
4:03 pm - 12:40 am
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CLT
7h 37m1 stop
$188Spirit Airlines
Sun, Jan 11 - Sat, Jan 24
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8:46 pm - 4:37 pm
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20h 51m1 stop
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5:33 pm - 10:17 am
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15h 44m1 stop
$196Multiple Airlines
Thu, May 14 - Tue, May 19
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11:12 am - 9:21 pm
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11h 09m1 stop
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1:47 pm - 12:40 am
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9h 53m1 stop
$197Spirit Airlines
Sat, Jan 10 - Sat, Jan 17
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6:01 pm - 4:37 pm
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23h 36m1 stop
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5:33 pm - 10:17 am
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15h 44m1 stop
$209Spirit Airlines
Fri, Jan 23 - Mon, Jan 26
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7:43 pm - 4:37 pm
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21h 54m2 stops
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4:03 pm - 12:40 am
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7h 37m1 stop
$216Spirit Airlines
Fri, Jan 16 - Mon, Jan 19
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11:12 am - 4:37 pm
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6h 25m1 stop
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7:31 pm - 12:40 am
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28h 09m2 stops
$218Multiple Airlines
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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$81
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 5% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 11% increase in price.
Flight from Charlotte to Pensacola

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FAQs for booking flights from Charlotte to Gulf Shores

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Charlotte to Gulf Shores?

    When flying out of Charlotte you’ll be using Charlotte Douglas. Gulf Shores does not have its own airport so you’ll be flying into nearby Pensacola airport, which is 34.4 mi away.

  • How long does a flight from Charlotte to Gulf Shores take?

    Direct flights cover the 488 miles separating Charlotte and Gulf Shores in about 1h 51m.

  • How many flights are there between Charlotte and Gulf Shores?

    6 direct flights run between Charlotte and Gulf Shores on a daily basis. On average, there are about 42 departures each week.

  • What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly between Charlotte and Gulf Shores?

    Consider leaving on a Wednesday and avoid Saturdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Charlotte, you’ll find the best rates on Thursdays and the most expensive ones on Saturdays.

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

    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 Gulf Shores.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Gulf Shores 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 Gulf Shores?

    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 Gulf Shores with an airline and back to Charlotte with another airline.

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

    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 Gulf Shores from Charlotte up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Charlotte to Gulf Shores?

    In the last 72 hours, the cheapest one-way ticket between Charlotte and Gulf Shores found on KAYAK was with Spirit Airlines for $77. Southwest offered a round-trip connection from $144 and Spirit Airlines from $159.

Top tips for finding cheap flights from Charlotte to Gulf Shores

  • There is no airport in Gulf Shores. Instead, you’ll be flying into Pensacola Airport when flying between Charlotte and Gulf Shores.
  • The cheapest flight from Charlotte to Gulf Shores was found 88 days before departure, on average.
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be April, May and June. The cheapest month to fly is September.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving Charlotte to Gulf Shores

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Charlotte to Gulf Shores? 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.
7.9
SouthwestOverall score based on 4251 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
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The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

8.0 ExcellentRussell, Dec 2025
SAN - OAK
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The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

The lead steward kept singing about "San Francisco" and hotel California---more annoying than humorous....needs work. Flight was smooth and on time.

Still a fan of open seating. Flight was on schedule and arrived on time. The 737 MAX is very comfortable.

Airline travel is always too cramped to really be pleasant, but the cabin crew on this flight did a pretty good job of making up for it by putting on some music during boarding and sprinkling a few funny remarks into the safety briefing and announcements, and just generally being friendly and helpful. It definitely reminded me of why I prefer the in-flight experience on Southwest!

No delays and arrived to destination 30 min early. Staff was super friendly.

San Diego airport is brand new, spacious, airy and very smooth checkin at SW baggage drop.

It was rough. The staff was unprofessional, the choice of on board drinks terrible, it was cramped in space at every airport, they always ran out of overhead bin space so they pressured people to check bags for free or we couldn’t leave on the plane— so I did check my bag to help, and they nearly lost my bag. My bag did not arrive on the luggage belt, another man on my flight and I had to waste our time going to the baggage office to search for our bags. I would only fly southwest again if it was my last choice. Also, my flights were consistently delayed over and over again— at one point they straight up told us we were waiting for the pilot to arrive.

Crew could have been friendlier, maybe I'm spoiled by SW crews. In flight wifi was good. Would be nice to have more food offerings on a 4 plus hour flight

Had to get off plane from prior flight even though I had to reboard same plane to continue to my final destination.

Everything a cheap airline should be at normal airline rates.

Original flight was cancelled and when i was rebooked by the airline, they couldn't seat me in the same type of seat as I had originally booked (went from window/aisle to middle/middle and one was a bulkhead seat, and other wasn't in the same class)

Lady Pilot was perfect in every way wheels up to wheels down communication, professionalism, excellent on time departure and on time arrival, excellent communication! Fantastic job with Superb attitude!!

The food is terrible. The staff is wonderful. Comfort is good.

Left on time, a bit delayed due to headwinds most of the trip.

I fly Delta all the time, have Platinum Medallion status. But this route seems to have major problems with delays and seems to never leave on time! Have only taken it twice in the last two weeks, and each time it had delays of more than 1 hour... very disappointed!!!!

Good seats in Main cabin, excellent service and excellent landing

My flight was cancelled with no explanation after I had already cleared security. I was given 4 options to rebook, only one being non-stop like I had paid for. I grabbed it. It was 4 plus hours later and then took off even later. Biggest complaint is that I booked early and had an aisle seat. They gave me a "window" seat in front of the exit row, so the seat did not decline. I weigh all of 103 #s and it was tight for me! For what I paid, I feel I was kind of ripped off. I think they should have given me the empty comfort seat for the inconvenience. There was no apology nor any explanation as to why the flight was cancelled. My guess is it benefitted Delta in some way.

Very smooth, on-time, and pleasantly uneventful flight. The team at the gate and on board were professional and genuinely courteous. The pilot kept us well updated throughout, and both takeoff and landing were steady and enjoyable without any drama. Just a good, solid flight. Thank you! 💗

Staff was exceptional! Everyone was kind, professional and friendly making the trip very pleasant. Thank you!

No lunch on a x-country flight scheduled for 10:50 am departure, arrived 5+ hrs later. That requires a black box label before you pay for the tickets. Worst, when I checked in online, it's specifically said that lunch was served on his flight for economy Plus passengers.

Waaay too small plane. They also need to up the size of the overhead bins. I would love to keep me 3k with of camera equipment in my hard case baggahe instead of it being thrown into the belly of the plane

After arriving in Dallas, the aircraft taxied for an unusually long time and was unable to park at the gate, which caused a significant delay and made me miss my connecting flight. I then had to wait in a very long line to be rebooked, and I was told that no hotel or meal accommodations would be provided. What is even more unacceptable is that my luggage was mishandled and has still not been located. My suitcase contains important medications that I urgently need, and I have been unable to access them due to the airline’s mishandling. This situation has caused me considerable stress and inconvenience, and I need this issue to be resolved immediately.

Flight was delayed because of a bird strike. They had another plane available within 45 minutes.

You can plug your phone in & use their wifi to watch movies, etc, but the plane’s wifi was disconnected for most of the flight.

Sat on the ground in Cincinnati for 50 minutes before deplaning

Overall fine, but the delay was annoying and the reasons for the delay were not communicated. The crew on board were phenomenal!

Boarding was very efficient. Everyone got on board and we got on our way very quickly. It was frustrating that the entertainment app was not functioning properly. I was not able to activate some of the movies offered. The crew on this flight appears to be pretty grumpy. They had no smile on their faces. I felt like they were doing us a favor for being there.

Delayed because of weather in Nashville. I think God or some higher power generally has cursed me when it comes to flying out of Charlotte on American. I'm delayed pretty much everytime. We need Team Cobra Kai types to come in and "sweep the leg(s)" of the Charlotte ops people on principle. Don't let the sweet southern rocking chairs fool you, Charlotte is a sinkhole

Long 5 hour and 45 min flight and only one drink service and cookie snack

Newark airport grounded inbound flight and only announced when the flight was about to start taxing.

Flight was canceled and instead of rescheduling at the gate we had to go out to the ticket counter. Unruly kids kicking the back of my rows chair with staff to inattentive to say something.

Customer feedback I sent to Spirited today: “I will never fly Spirit Airlines again and will work hard to convince my friends and family to boycott/avoid Spirit Airlines at all costs. I booked three seats for me and my 8 and 10 year old children on NK 1222 from Orlando to Kansas City for 12/7/25 leaving Orlando at 10:37AM. This itinerary was abandoned by Spirit and we were rebooked onto Spirit flight NK 213 leaving at 9:06PM without any notice. Then the nightmare really began. Flight 213 was delayed a total of 12 times, finally leaving at 6:35AM the following day. The gate was changed 5 times and our electronic boarding passes were invalidated at midnight. The worst part was that the 12 separate delays were incremental making it impossible to plan for accommodations for my family. My kids missed a day of school and barely slept under the harsh lights with lots of noise on the filthy airport floor. The customer service agent at Spirit Airlines told us we would be emailed a voucher for a hotel which never happened. I asked about it multiple times and it never arrived in my email inbox. This whole unfortunate situation could’ve been avoided if spirit had taken a realistic approach and delayed the flight from 9 PM until 6 AM from the beginning. My son gleefully deleted the Spirit app from my phone once we landed and we will never fly with Spirit again.”

Honestly horrible. The plane on the way back was delayed 6 times with no explanation on why. When I asked for a refund or some money back because I had to miss a day of work because of the desk, they told me no. Because of how poorly it was handled I will most likely never take spirit again

I love a flight without turbulence and you guys deliver It’d be nice to have comfier seats and maybe some inflight entertainment and snacks but that’s for Delta

This was my first time on a budget airline and I couldn't even sit down all the way because my knees would embed in the seat in front of me. I'm only 6' tall with a 32" inseam. There's no upside other than y'all are cheap. I'm glad it was only a 2 hour flight. Lesson learned! I get why everybody talks down on budget airlines. The staff was outstanding, the flight went as well as possible, great pilot, great boarding, smooth sailing. Zero chance I'll be back though.

Everything was smoothly and convenient! Just stay in this way!

Cancelled my flight and the earliest that they are willing give me for the next flight which was 3 days later on a weekday. Only accommodation they are willing to give was $30 airline credit that will expire in 1 year

Terrible Airline I will never fly that airline again. Shame on you for recommending them.

Flight was canceled, huge lines to get baggage returned. Most other airlines had delays but not widespread cancellations like Spirit.

I didn't eat, so I can't rate the food. Delayed set off was beyond

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