Flights from Raleigh Durham

Airport Raleigh-Durham International Airport , NC RDU

Raleigh-Durham International Airport is the largest civilian airport in the U.S. state of North Carolina after Charlotte International.

• URL: Official website
• Parking: Yes; paid short and long-term parking, parking garage with more than 11, 000 parking spaces
• Nearby cities: Cary (10 km), West Raleigh (15 km), Durham (16 km), Raleigh (18 km), Fayetteville (92 km), Greensboro (93 km)
• Directions by car: Interstate I-40 (exit 284B or 285), I-540 (exit 2A Aviation Parkway / RDU Airport), U.S. 70 (exit 293 Aviation Parkway / West Gate Road)
• Stations: There are Amtrak Rail Stations in Raleigh, Cary and Durham (Carolinian, Piedmont and Silver Star-Routes).

Location

Opened in 1929, the airport is near the town of Morrisville, about 20 km or 14 miles northwest of downtown Raleigh and approximately 20 km or 14 miles southeast of downtown Durham. Access to the terminal is located either on the Interstate I-40, Junction 284b or 285 (Dan K. Moore Freeway) to Interstate I-540 at exit 2A (Aviation Parkway) or U.S. Highway 70 at Exit 293 (Aviation Parkway).

Between the airport and the Triangle Transit Center (RTP), in the southeast of Durham on Slater Road, the 747 (Triangle Transit Airport Shuttle) operates a regular service. From here there is a connection to Durham either with the bus routes 402, 403, 412 or 413 and to Raleigh with the bus routes 105 and 301.

There are also various private airport shuttle companies with services to the surrounding communities in the Triangle region, eg to Cary, Chapell Hill, Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, Franklinkton, Garner, Greensboro, High Point, Hillsborough, Lexington, Morrisville, Roanoke Rapids, Wendell, or Winston-Salem.