New airline means new destinations. See where you can fly to from RDU.
Raleigh Durham International airport announced on Tuesday that it will add a new airline — and a new airline means new destinations.
Avelo Airlines will begin flying from RDU to New Haven, Connecticut, starting in May.
Here are some quick facts about RDU, including nonstop destinations available.
Airlines at RDU
Here are the airlines that fly out of RDU:
Southwest
Alaska
Allegiant
Air Canada
American Airlines
Avelo
Delta
Frontier
IcelandAir
JetBlue
Spirit
Sun Country Airlines
United
Destinations from RDU airport
Before COVID-19, RDU offered 57 nonstop destinations with five international destinations, the website says. As of March 2022, 37 nonstop destinations are offered with two international destinations.
For detailed information on U.S. and international destinations, visit rdu.com.
US destinations from RDU:
- Atlanta
- Austin
- Baltimore-Washington
- Boston
- Charlotte
- Chicago-Midway
- Chicago-O’Hare
- Dallas-Forth Worth
- Dallas-Love Field
- Denver
- Detroit
- Ft. Lauderdale
- Houston-Bush
- Las Vegas
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- Minneapolis
- Nashville
- Newark
- New Haven (May 2022)
- New York-JFK
- New York-LaGuardia
- Orlando-International
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- Pittsburgh
- Punta Gorda
- Salt Lake City
- San Francisco
- San Juan
- Seattle
- St. Louis
- Tampa
- Trenton
- Washington-Dulles
- Washington-Reagan
International destinations:
- Cancun
- Toronto
RDU’s daily flights
There are over 600 arrivals and departures at RDU daily, its website says.
At RDU, passenger traffic increased by 112% in January 2022 (compared to January 2021), according to a February press release. Over 637,000 passengers flew out of RDU at the beginning of this year.
In November (during Thanksgiving week, one of the busiest travel weeks of the year), over 236,000 travelers flew through RDU, a December press release said. This was a 139% increase over Thanksgiving week 2020.
This story was originally published March 8, 2022 at 10:50 AM.
