Raleigh-Durham International Airport

Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU/KRDU) is in Raleigh/Durham, US, 133 m above sea level. It has 3 runways and the longest is 3,048 m. See the diagram, each runway's data and what you fly over from here.

The diagram

05L23R05R23L1432
Drawn to scale from the real coordinates of each runway end. Runways without coordinates are not drawn.

Data

Codes
RDU · KRDU
City
Raleigh/Durham
Country
US
Coordinates
35.8787, -78.7873
Elevation
133 m · 435 ft
Time zone
America/New_York
Local time now
09:52
Airspace
Washington
Departures observed
527 · 440 arrivals
Most seen destinations
ATL, ORD, MCO, LGA, BOS

Departures and arrivals we saw ourselves on adsb.lol traces over 2 day(s). A floor, not the total number of movements: where no receiver is nearby, nothing is seen.

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That day’s flights

What we saw take off and land on 2026-09-03, in local time here. This is not an arrivals board: it does not say what leaves today, it says what flew that day and only what the receivers managed to see.

Took off (40)

TimeCallsignAircraftTo
20:07N500EMEA50 · N500EMUSA
20:11UAL2816B737 · N13750EWR
20:12FFT1785A21N · N668FRMCO
20:16ENY4199E75L · N218NNMIA
20:30AAL1904A321 · N151UWCLT
20:32FFT2225A20N · N353FRDEN
20:37RPA4563E75L · N135HQORD
20:38DAL2393B738 · N371DABOS
20:40MXY745BCS3 · N211BZRSW
20:49UAL1926B39M · N77581EWR
20:56SWA1034B737 · N942WNBNA
21:03ICE820B39M · TF-ICB
21:04ASH6244E75L · N88328IAD
21:06RPA4732E75L · N429YXORD
21:10ZEUS32H64 · 22-03444
21:15JIA9961CRJ9 · N576NNPIT
21:16UPS1275A306 · N127UPGSO
21:31LBQ825PC12 · N567QDUSA
21:42ZEUS31H64 · 22-03461
21:46JZA839E75S · C-FRQKYYZ
21:46N191PEPC12 · N191PEPDK
21:49FDX1249B763 · N248FEMEM
21:58UPS1273B752 · N403UPPHL
22:10FDX1638B763 · N142FEIND
22:23N527AHE190 · N527AHDCA
22:27MXY2855BCS3 · N215BZMCO
22:48ENY4014DCA
22:52YEL11E55P · N261TXBED
22:57EDV5150CRJ9 · N829SKDCA
23:02RPA4749E170 · N861RWBUF
23:10MXY540BCS3 · N265BZTPA
23:20RPA4560E75L · N445YXLGA
00:07EDV5219CRJ9 · N137EVJFK
00:54N917BELJ45 · N917BEPVD
03:11N103RCC404 · N103RC
03:20LN887WPC56X · N887WP
04:46N917BELJ45 · N917BE
05:20AAL542B738 · N856NNMIA
05:20DAL1552B739 · N948DZATL
05:41DAL1388A321 · N380DNDTW

Landed (40)

TimeCallsignAircraftFrom
20:06SWA1034B737 · N942WN
20:08MTN7508AT43 · N909FX
20:10ASH4066E75L · N88328
20:13EJA857C700 · N857QS
20:14LXJ224— · N224FX
20:23YEL11E55P · N261TX
20:27SWA941B38M · N8914Q
20:35SWA883B737 · N441WN
20:38MXY2135BCS3 · N223BZ
21:00ENY4014DCA
21:01RPA9931E75L · N417YXDCA
21:01AAL3178B738 · N855NNCLT
21:03LBQ825PC12 · N567QD
21:06JBU2626A320 · N536JB
21:11MXY2855BCS3 · N215BZ
21:15SWA655B38M · N8985QBNA
21:16N191PEPC12 · N191PE
21:22AAL979B38M · N321VH
21:29MXY540BCS3 · N265BZBDL
21:38DAL3244B739 · N932DZATL
21:40EDV5222CRJ9 · N295PQEWR
21:41DAL817A319 · N365NBBOS
21:42UAL2359B38M · N27266EWR
21:44SWA1929B38M · N8833L
21:46AAL1182B738 · N991ANLGA
21:49EDV5150CRJ9 · N829SKJFK
21:56SWA1534B38M · N8964LSTL
22:06UAL2498B738 · N26215
22:17EDV5103CRJ9 · N912XJJFK
22:22DAL1518B739 · N937DZGSO
22:35UAL1989B738 · N25201ORD
22:59EDV5310CRJ9 · N137EVDCA
23:01OTIS27C30J · 170038
23:04EDV5101CRJ9 · N186PQLGA
23:05AAL2626B38M · N304RBCLT
23:07AAL2332A321 · N162UW
23:09DAL2839A321 · N120DNDTW
23:10UAL1706B739 · N38473DEN
23:15JZA673E75S · C-FXJFYUL
23:19AAL873B738 · N317PGPHL

The callsign is what the aircraft transmits by radio. It usually matches the commercial flight number, but not always: sometimes it is the registration.

Showing the first 40 in each direction.

Runways (3)

RunwayLength SurfaceHeadings
05L/23R3,048 m · 10,000 ftconcrete45° · 225°
05R/23L2,286 m · 7,500 ftasphalt45° · 225°
14/321,088 m · 3,570 ftasphalt135° · 315°

An asterisk marks a heading derived from the runway number rather than measured. The number is a magnetic heading and the measured one is true: the derived value carries the local magnetic declination, up to 20 degrees.

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