To help children who become ill, injured or scared when they or an adult who is traveling with them are in need of help, we added a new, cuddlier, member to the RDU Fire-Rescue team.  Meet the RDU Fire-Rescue Bear, decked out in his fireman’s hat and RDU jacket, ready to give comfort to aRead More

American Airlines has given RDU many things over the years – hub status, non-stop service to London and Christina Deutsch.  Since landing in the mid-1980s with the start of hub service, Christina has become a fixture at the airport and we’re really going to miss her come Monday morning. 

Update: as of May 2018, General Aviation is now leased by TAC Air and is no longer available for public use. For plane watching, please visit Observation Park. Here at RDU, we have the highly-acclaimed Observation Park, where you can view planes from an elevated platform, listen to the air traffic controllers and allow yourRead More

Welcome to the first in our series of destination highlights called 48 Hours In. Once a month, we’ll share some of the great things about the cities served nonstop by airlines at RDU so that you can plan your own 48-hour-getaway. 

You may have heard local news reports about a hazardous materials call that caused the brief evacuation of a portion of Terminal 2 on Wednesday, July 3.  Now that the situation has passed, I wanted to share the story behind the news story.