If you include this extra time on the tarmac, the average total elapsed time from gate to gate flying from Charlotte, NC to Denver, CO is 3 hours, 36 minutes.
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They have such a plan, Sutter Health Plus, which began earlier this year in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley areas. It now has more than 7,300 members, a number expected to double by 2015. The plan includes 1,800 physicians and a multi-hospital network.