Live flights over Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 2,012 departures and 2,008 arrivals at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, 574 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Atlanta (ATL), Chicago (ORD) and New York (LGA). The airline seen most often is Delta Air Lines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- RDU
- ICAO code
- KRDU
- City
- Raleigh/Durham
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 133 m (435 ft)
- Coordinates
- 35.87866, -78.7873
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Raleigh-Durham International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Raleigh/Durham.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 270 | 258 | 528 |
| Mon 2 | 301 | 314 | 615 |
| Tue 3 | 322 | 322 | 644 |
| Wed 4 | 272 | 275 | 547 |
| Thu 5 | 277 | 284 | 561 |
| Fri 6 | 274 | 258 | 532 |
| Sat 7 | 296 | 297 | 593 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Atlanta ATL 146 flights
- Chicago ORD 145 flights
- New York LGA 144 flights
- New York JFK 118 flights
- Orlando MCO 117 flights
- Washington DCA 102 flights
- Charlotte CLT 101 flights
- Newark EWR 97 flights
- Nashville BNA 96 flights
- Boston BOS 85 flights
- Philadelphia PHL 82 flights
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 75 flights
- Baltimore BWI 72 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 61 flights
- Miami MIA 61 flights
- Dulles IAD 56 flights
28 more connections
- Tampa TPA 55
- Detroit DTW 48
- Denver DEN 43
- Chicago MDW 43
- Minneapolis MSP 41
- Houston IAH 40
- Toronto YYZ 31
- Pittsburgh PIT 31
- Austin AUS 28
- St Louis STL 26
- Las Vegas LAS 23
- Seattle SEA 23
- San Francisco SFO 23
- Memphis MEM 21
- Phoenix PHX 21
- Louisville SDF 21
- West Palm Beach DJT 16
- Charleston CHS 15
- Columbus CMH 15
- London LHR 14
- White Plains HPN 14
- Los Angeles LAX 13
- Indianapolis IND 10
- Wilmington ILM 9
- Islip ISP 9
- Fort Myers RSW 9
- Hartford BDL 8
- Montréal YUL 7
Airlines
- Delta Air LinesDAL 378
- American AirlinesAAL 367
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 355
- Breeze AirwaysMXY 303
- United AirlinesUAL 256
- Republic AirwaysRPA 234
- Endeavor AirEDV 227
- Frontier AirlinesFFT 138
- JetBlue AirwaysJBU 131
- NetJetsEJA 97
Aircraft
- Airbus A220-300 BCS3 445
- Boeing 737-800 B738 318
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee P28A 309
- E75L 297
- Bombardier CRJ900 CRJ9 278
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 276
- Boeing 737-900 B739 190
- Boeing 737-700 B737 145
- Airbus A320 A320 136
- Airbus A321neo A21N 132
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Raleigh-Durham International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/35.87866/lon/-78.7873/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Raleigh/Durham right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Raleigh-Durham International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Raleigh/Durham: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of RDU, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Breeze Airways and United Airlines.
What are the main connections from Raleigh-Durham International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Atlanta (ATL, 146), Chicago (ORD, 145), New York (LGA, 144), New York (JFK, 118) and Orlando (MCO, 117). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Raleigh/Durham? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Raleigh-Durham International Airport? +
Raleigh-Durham International Airport has IATA code RDU and ICAO code KRDU. It lies in North Carolina, United States, at coordinates 35.87866, -78.7873.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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