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Raleigh-Durham International Airport RDU is situated in the heart of North Carolina’s Research Triangle of Wake County.

The Airport is located in Cedar Fork Township, – 10.5 miles southeast of Durham, 11 miles northwest of Raleigh, and 17 miles east-southeast of Chapel Hil.  It is in close proximity Interstate Highways I-40 (Airport Blvd. exit), and I-540 (Aviation Pkwy. exit), as well as State Hwy 70 (via I-540 west to Aviation Pkwy. exit).

With three runways and 9.2 million passengers in 2012, Raleigh-Durham Airport is served by major and regional airlines (Southwest Airlines is the largest carrier), offering nonstop and connecting flights to all points of the globe. 
American Airlines started its non-stop service to LAX (Los Angeles), while Delta will expand its LAX service to 7 days a week.
Frontier is adding flights to Trenton, New Jersey, enabling passengers to get to either Pennsylvania or New Jersey destinations.

The passenger terminal complex at Raleigh-Durham International Airport consists of two terminals - T1 with Concourse A,  and T2 with C gates to the right (the North Concourse) &  D gates to the left (the South Concourse).  The two terminals are not connected, but are served by separate shuttle buses for each way: The orange Bus 4 runs from T-2 to T-1, while the purple Bus 3 runs from T1 to T2.

Parking options at Raleigh-Durham International: (Details are in the parking section.)

Rental car agencies are located at RDU Airport and are a quick shuttle bus ride from the terminals, which run every 15 minutes and stop on each terminal curb near the baggage claim areas; look for the green marked bus shelters.

To get from Raleigh-Durham Airport to your destination, you can rent a car, take a taxi (RDU Airport Taxi (919) 840-7277), a limo, a bus or train:
1. Park & Ride Shuttles: Accessible Shuttle buses run to/from Park & Ride Lots 3 & 4 (and during holidays Lots 2 & 5) to/from Terminals run every 20 mins 4am-1am or last flight. Take Orange Bus 4 from T1 or Purple Bus 3 from T2.
2. The SuperShuttle (with counters in the baggage claim areas) offers shared-ride van service every 20 mins, throughout the Research Triangle Region.
3. Numerous other shuttles serve: Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Greensboro, Charlotte, Cary, Roanoke, Winston-Salem, Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, Morrisville, Burlington, Piedmont Triad, Goldboro, Holly Springs, and more.
4. The Triangle Transit Airport Shuttle, tel. (919) 485-7433, Routes 100 & 105,  make hourly runs 6:30am-10:30pm weekdays (Sat. 7:10am-7:10pm) to downtown Raleigh & the Regional Transit Center which offers connections to Durham. Triangle Transit serves Durham, Raleigh, Chapel Hill & RTP, and offers transportation to/from the Research Triangle Park. Tickets available on bus.
5. For Greyhound intercity buses in Durham, call 1-800-231-2222;
6. for Amtrak in Raleigh call 1-800-872-7245.

Current and Future Airport Developments: In anticipation of Terminal 1's modernization project of its central section, pedestrian tunnel from parking garage to T1, and the section housing Baggage Claims 1-3 and gates A9-19 are closed.  Construction which started July 2012, is expected to be completed  by early 2014.


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Raleigh-Durham RDU Airport Update History

  • Updated RDU Airports page - Jun 4, 2013
  • Updated RDU Parking On site page - Jun 1, 2013
  • Updated RDU Airport Intro page - May 30, 2013
  • Updated RDU Main Terminals page - May 24, 2013
  • Updated RDU Airlines Served page - May 14, 2013
  • Updated RDU Official Website Links page - May 14, 2013
  • Updated RDU Food & Stores page - May 13, 2013
  • Updated RDU Terminal Map page - Mar 14, 2013
  • Updated RDU Direct Flights page - Mar 12, 2013
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