AirportsRaleigh-Durham International Airport is a large airport serving Raleigh/Durham, in North Carolina, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is RDU.
Key facts
- IATA code
- RDU
- ICAO code
- KRDU
- City
- Raleigh/Durham
- State or region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 35.8787° N, 78.7873° W
- Elevation
- 133 m (435 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 3,048 m (10,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, RDU means Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KRDU. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 35.8787° N, 78.7873° W. It stands 133 metres (435 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/New York, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Raleigh-Durham International Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 3,048 metres (10,000 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 123.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05L/23R | 3,048 m 10,000 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 05R/23L | 2,286 m 7,500 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 14/32 | 1,088 m 3,570 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis FieldFayetteville | FAY | 99 km |
| Piedmont Triad International AirportGreensboro | GSO | 106 km |
| Pitt-Greenville AirportGreenville | PGV | 129 km |
| Albert J Ellis AirportRichlands | OAJ | 158 km |
| Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn FieldLynchburg | LYH | 165 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,418 km | 15 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,213 km | 16 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,687 km | 14 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,216 km | 8 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 686 km | 1 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,595 km | 4 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,865 km | 19 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,126 km | 13 h 55 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,504 km | 19 h 10 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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