Airports · Raleigh-Durham International Airport
Flights from Raleigh/Durham (RDU)
Airlines flew 71,571 departures out of Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) carrying 7,825,360 passengers over the 12 months through April 2026. Here's what actually flew — the busiest routes, the carriers, and the aircraft — from US DOT T-100 filings.
What flies from Raleigh/Durham
US DOT T-100 · filed dataWhat airlines actually flew out of Raleigh/Durham — departures, seats, and passengers filed with the US DOT (T-100) over the trailing 12 months, not a schedule.
Departures
71,571
April 2026
Seats flown
10,169,622
Passengers
7,825,360
Load factor
77.0%
passengers ÷ seats
Busiest routes from Raleigh/Durham
Where flights from Raleigh/Durham go most, by departures over the trailing 12 months.
4,577 departures · 670,494 passengers
81.9%
Load
4,250 departures · 303,717 passengers
82.5%
Load
3,700 departures · 285,096 passengers
81.2%
Load
3,374 departures · 332,643 passengers
77.9%
Load
3,102 departures · 424,604 passengers
73.9%
Load
3,073 departures · 379,829 passengers
78.3%
Load
2,878 departures · 146,089 passengers
64.3%
Load
2,779 departures · 202,381 passengers
63.1%
Load
2,756 departures · 310,963 passengers
83.2%
Load
2,668 departures · 277,487 passengers
78.6%
Load
2,619 departures · 244,669 passengers
68.0%
Load
2,381 departures · 306,866 passengers
82.0%
Load
2,205 departures · 336,750 passengers
85.7%
Load
1,781 departures · 176,775 passengers
62.7%
Load
1,766 departures · 262,584 passengers
85.9%
Load
Airlines at Raleigh/Durham
Ranked by seats flown — the capacity each carrier actually operated out of Raleigh/Durham.
- DL
1,890,385 seats · 81.6% load
18.6%
Share
- AA
1,758,846 seats · 78.0% load
17.3%
Share
- WN
1,472,023 seats · 70.7% load
14.5%
Share
- UA
1,008,853 seats · 79.3% load
9.9%
Share
- F9
847,026 seats · 73.6% load
8.3%
Share
- MX
649,771 seats · 77.1% load
6.4%
Share
- YX
564,830 seats · 76.9% load
5.6%
Share
- 9E
519,290 seats · 75.5% load
5.1%
Share
- B6
427,815 seats · 80.1% load
4.2%
Share
- XP
158,967 seats · 68.0% load
1.6%
Share
Aircraft flown from Raleigh/Durham
Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not what's based here.
9,237 departures · 77.2% load
12.9%
Share
8,277 departures · 75.3% load
11.6%
Share
8,267 departures · 75.3% load
11.6%
Share
6,770 departures · 78.8% load
9.5%
Share
5,913 departures · 82.3% load
8.3%
Share
5,357 departures · 73.6% load
7.5%
Share
4,713 departures · 76.4% load
6.6%
Share
4,637 departures · 76.3% load
6.5%
Share
4,275 departures · 77.9% load
6.0%
Share
4,236 departures · 75.6% load
5.9%
Share
2,126 departures · 71.4% load
3.0%
Share
1,969 departures · 77.3% load
2.8%
Share
Monthly departures from Raleigh/Durham
Monthly departures from Raleigh/Durham, trailing 12 months through April 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.
May 2025
6,179 departures · 709,781 passengers
79.9%
Load
June 2025
6,127 departures · 724,271 passengers
81.7%
Load
July 2025
6,282 departures · 734,894 passengers
80.4%
Load
August 2025
6,088 departures · 679,803 passengers
77.9%
Load
September 2025
5,868 departures · 627,193 passengers
74.9%
Load
October 2025
6,331 departures · 705,703 passengers
77.5%
Load
November 2025
6,087 departures · 635,347 passengers
72.5%
Load
December 2025
6,120 departures · 692,010 passengers
80.0%
Load
January 2026
5,144 departures · 490,298 passengers
69.3%
Load
February 2026
5,067 departures · 510,133 passengers
73.2%
Load
March 2026
6,067 departures · 665,658 passengers
78.9%
Load
April 2026
6,211 departures · 650,269 passengers
74.6%
Load
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through April 2026. The DOT publishes roughly three months in arrears.