RDU
Raleigh-Durham International Airport
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (IATA: RDU, ICAO: KRDU) is a large airport in Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Apr 1943. It has 3 runways; the longest is 10,000 ft (3,048 m). In 2025 it handled 15.4 million passengers.
Timeline
4 events · 1943–1994APR 1943
OpenedRaleigh-Durham International Airport opens.
04 DEC 1971
DisasterQ20986952.2 killed
19 FEB 1988
DisasterAVAir Flight 3378.12 killed
13 DEC 1994
DisasterFlagship Airlines Flight 3379.15 killed
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF05L/23R045° / 225° · LIT
LENGTH10,000 ft3,048 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
05R/23L045° / 225° · LIT
LENGTH7,500 ft2,286 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
14/32135° / 315° · LIT
LENGTH3,570 ft1,088 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–20259.5M
10.0M
10.9M
11.5M
12.6M
13.9M
4.7M
8.7M
11.8M
14.3M
15.2M
15.4M
141516171819202122232425
Routes
91 destinations · 12 countriesYear-round76
CLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Airlines209 km130 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines361 km224 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, American Eagle365 km227 miBWIBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines411 km255 miPITPittsburgh International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, Breeze Airways528 km328 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, American Eagle, American Airlines542 km337 miACYAtlantic City International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways544 km338 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines572 km355 miCMHJohn Glenn Columbus International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways582 km362 miCAKAkron Canton Regional AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways606 km377 miCVGCincinnati Northern Kentucky International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection627 km390 miDAYJames M. Cox Dayton International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways654 km406 miJAXJacksonville International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways657 km408 miSDFLouisville Muhammad Ali International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways667 km414 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Express, Delta Connection, United Airlines669 km416 miCLECleveland Hopkins International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines670 km416 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, American Eagle, JetBlue Airways686 km426 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Connection, American Eagle +1693 km431 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, American Eagle, Southwest Airlines710 km441 miHPNWestchester County AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways727 km452 miISPLong Island MacArthur AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways738 km459 miSWFNew York Stewart International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways745 km463 miBHMBirmingham-Shuttlesworth International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways772 km480 miDABDaytona Beach International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways774 km481 miINDIndianapolis International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection785 km488 miHVNTweed New Haven AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways, Avelo Airlines788 km490 miTLHTallahassee International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways799 km496 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines807 km501 miROCFrederick Douglass Greater Rochester International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways, Avelo Airlines811 km504 miBDLBradley International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways855 km531 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Connection, Delta Air Lines +2862 km536 miALBAlbany International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways876 km544 miPVDRhode Island T. F. Green International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways910 km565 miVRBVero Beach Regional AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways927 km576 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines +1947 km588 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines984 km611 miPNSPensacola International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways985 km612 miMHTManchester-Boston Regional AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,006 km625 miMDWChicago Midway International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,016 km631 miMEMFrederick W. Smith International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,017 km632 miOGSOgdensburg International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,018 km633 miDJTPresident Donald J. Trump International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,030 km640 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, American Eagle, United Airlines +11,039 km646 miPSMPortsmouth International Airport at PeaseUnited States · Breeze Airways1,052 km654 miBTVPatrick Leahy Burlington International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,068 km664 miSTLSt. Louis Lambert International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,072 km666 miRSWSouthwest Florida International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, Breeze Airways1,076 km669 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines +11,098 km682 miPWMPortland International JetportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,126 km700 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines1,130 km702 miMSYLouis Armstrong New Orleans International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines, Breeze Airways1,254 km779 miEYWKey West International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,291 km802 miMCIKansas City International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, Southwest Airlines1,452 km902 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,576 km979 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines1,675 km1,041 miHOUWilliam P. Hobby AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,688 km1,049 miDALDallas Love FieldUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,689 km1,049 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, American Airlines1,705 km1,059 miAUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, Southwest Airlines1,866 km1,159 miSATSan Antonio International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,968 km1,223 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines2,307 km1,434 miSJULuis Munoz Marin International AirportPuerto Rico · Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways2,310 km1,435 miPVUProvo Municipal AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways2,907 km1,806 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,928 km1,819 miGDLGuadalajara International AirportMexico · Volaris2,934 km1,823 miPTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Copa Airlines2,981 km1,852 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Southwest Airlines3,036 km1,886 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines3,253 km2,021 miSANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines3,522 km2,188 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, American Airlines3,595 km2,234 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines3,780 km2,349 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,853 km2,394 miKEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · Icelandair4,845 km3,011 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · American Airlines6,216 km3,862 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France6,506 km4,043 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa6,867 km4,267 miSeasonal19
DCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Airlines365 km227 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines686 km426 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · American Airlines693 km431 miBUFBuffalo Niagara International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines785 km488 miSYRSyracuse Hancock International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways836 km519 miSRQSarasota Bradenton International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,008 km626 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express1,039 km646 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,130 km702 miMSNDane County Regional Truax FieldUnited States · Breeze Airways1,211 km752 miBGRBangor International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,301 km808 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,675 km1,041 miPLSProvidenciales International AirportTurks & Caicos Islands · BermudAir1,691 km1,051 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines1,828 km1,136 miPUJPunta Cana International AirportDominican Republic · American Airlines, Breeze Airways2,180 km1,355 miBZEPhilip S. W. Goldson International AirportBelize · BermudAir2,245 km1,395 miSJULuis Munoz Marin International AirportPuerto Rico · Delta Air Lines2,310 km1,435 miSANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways3,522 km2,188 miSNAJohn Wayne Orange County International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways3,554 km2,208 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · Air Canada Rouge3,861 km2,399 miCargo8
GSOPiedmont Triad International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express106 km66 miEWNCoastal Carolina Regional AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines182 km113 miILMWilmington International AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines196 km122 miMEODare County Regional AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines279 km173 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines542 km337 miSDFLouisville Muhammad Ali International AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines667 km414 miINDIndianapolis International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express785 km488 miMEMFrederick W. Smith International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express1,017 km632 miMost destinationsBreeze Airways 41Frontier Airlines 18Delta Air Lines 16Southwest Airlines 15American Airlines 12Delta Connection 11
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from RDU. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Raleigh–Durham International Airport” (revision of 18 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
9 channelsAPPAPP124.800
ATISATIS123.800
CLDCLNC DEL120.100
DEPDEP125.300
GNDGND121.700
OPSARNG OPS49.150
RDORDO122.200
TWRTWR119.300
UNICUNICOM122.950