Live flights over Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 665 departures and 699 arrivals at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, 682 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Atlanta (ATL), Chicago (ORD) and Orlando (MCO). 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 368 | 386 | 754 |
| Sat 24 | 297 | 313 | 610 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Atlanta ATL 51 flights
- Chicago ORD 46 flights
- Orlando MCO 41 flights
- New York LGA 38 flights
- New York JFK 37 flights
- Nashville BNA 36 flights
- Charlotte CLT 36 flights
- Boston BOS 34 flights
- Philadelphia PHL 34 flights
- Washington DCA 33 flights
- Baltimore BWI 27 flights
- Newark EWR 27 flights
- Miami MIA 25 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 23 flights
- Tampa TPA 21 flights
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 20 flights
32 more connections
- Dulles IAD 17
- Minneapolis MSP 15
- Austin AUS 14
- Denver DEN 14
- Detroit DTW 14
- Chicago MDW 13
- Houston IAH 12
- St Louis STL 10
- Pittsburgh PIT 9
- Louisville SDF 8
- Los Angeles LAX 7
- Memphis MEM 7
- Atlanta PDK 7
- New Haven HVN 6
- Indianapolis IND 6
- Las Vegas LAS 6
- Toronto YYZ 4
- Phoenix PHX 4
- San Francisco SFO 4
- Hartford BDL 3
- Greensboro GSO 3
- Wilmington ILM 3
- New Orleans MSY 3
- Providence/Warwick PVD 3
- Rochester ROC 3
- San Diego SAN 3
- Syracuse SYR 3
- Teterboro TEB 3
- Frankfurt am Main FRA 2
- London LHR 2
- Asheville AVL 2
- Cleveland CLE 2
Airlines
- Delta Air LinesDAL 139
- American AirlinesAAL 135
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 102
- Breeze AirwaysMXY 92
- Endeavor AirEDV 75
- United AirlinesUAL 68
- Republic AirwaysRPA 61
- Frontier AirlinesFFT 48
- JetBlue AirwaysJBU 48
- NetJetsEJA 42
Aircraft
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee P28A 158
- Airbus A220-300 BCS3 130
- Boeing 737-800 B738 105
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 96
- Bombardier CRJ900 CRJ9 87
- E75L 75
- Boeing 737-900 B739 66
- Airbus A319 A319 60
- Airbus A321neo A21N 54
- Airbus A320 A320 54
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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Breeze Airways and Endeavor Air.
What are the main connections from Raleigh-Durham International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Atlanta (ATL, 51), Chicago (ORD, 46), Orlando (MCO, 41), New York (LGA, 38) and New York (JFK, 37). 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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