The fair place to meet is Dallas-Fort Worth, TX — the city closest to the midpoint of Charlotte and El Paso. From the farther side that’s about 19 hr 28 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
From Charlotte
19 hr 28 min
928 mi to Dallas
From El Paso
11 hr 57 min
570 mi to Dallas
El Paso has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 7 hr 31 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Charlotte and El Paso are about 1,492 miles apart.
Charlotte and El Paso are about 1,492 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Dallas, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 19 hr 28 min of driving on the Charlotte side and 11 hr 57 min on the El Paso side — the fairest single meeting point among the cities near the middle.
Over this distance most people will fly rather than drive the whole way. Dallas still makes a fair, central place for Charlotte and El Paso to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Dallas doesn't have what you're after, Memphis and Oklahoma City are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Charlotte and El Paso.
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in the state's northern region, it is the ninth-most populous city in the United States and third-most populous city in Texas, with a population of 1.3 million at the 2020 census. Read more →
Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. With a population of 874,579 at the 2020 census, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., seventh-most populous city in the South, and second-most populous city in the Southeast. Read more →
El Paso is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States. It is the 22nd-most populous city in the U.S., sixth-most populous city in Texas, and the most populous city in West Texas with a population of 678,815 at the 2020 census. Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.