Next to Gate A3, 5th & Main is your basics stop
Right off the Main Terminal concourse near Gate A3, 5th & Main runs as a standard convenience shop with the usual airport mix of snacks, drinks, and last‑minute travel items. It sits post-security, so you can swing through after TSA without backtracking to the ticketing level.
Expect typical airport pricing: bottled drinks land in the $3–$5 range, candy and chips run about $2–$6, and simple travel accessories like neck pillows or phone chargers often push into the $15–$30 bracket. If you just want a bottled water and a granola bar between flights at CLT, this is a quick grab.
Hours track the bank of morning departures, with doors usually open before 5:00 a.m. and staying open into the late evening departure banks around 9:00–10:00 p.m. If you land on one of the last American flights into Charlotte around 11:00 p.m., don’t count on this place still being open; grab what you need earlier in the day.
Inventory leans on national brands you already know: Coke and Pepsi drinks in the coolers, chips from Frito‑Lay, plus a shelf of packaged pastries that sit near the register. You’ll also see single‑serve pain relievers, hand sanitizer, and basic toiletries, similar to other newsstands in the Main Terminal at CLT.
Practical move: if your gate is outside the A concourse cluster, only detour to 5th & Main if you have at least 10–15 extra minutes, otherwise hit the closest snack stand to your actual boarding gate.