Airport Opens Two New Restaurants in Terminal 2 The final month of the summer travel season brought more than 1.4 million travelers through Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU), a new record for the month of August. “RDU thanks the more than four million passengers who chose to make us part of their travel plans this summer,”Read More
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RDU Anticipates Busiest Labor Day Weekend on Record
RDU expects nearly 200,000 travelers to fly through the airport from Friday, Aug. 30 – Monday, Sept. 2. Based on TSA projections, that would be a 13.5% increase in passenger traffic compared to the Labor Day weekend record set last year. “As our record growth streak continues, we appreciate all the travelers who choose toRead More
RDU Sets Consecutive Passenger Traffic Records in June and July
RDU set new passenger traffic records in June and July and welcomed more travelers than ever before during a July 4th holiday. Traffic hit a monthly high June with more than 1.4 million passengers and broke that record in July, with nearly 1.5 million passengers flying through the airport. Traffic got a boost in JulyRead More
Passenger Traffic Surges Over July 4th Holiday
CLEAR Now Offering TSA PreCheck Enrollment and Renewal at RDU: Passenger traffic at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) surged over the Independence Day holiday with nearly 329,000 passengers flying through the airport between July 1 and July 7 – an increase of 9.5 percent over the same holiday weekend in 2023. RDU broke another record inRead More
RDU Approved to Build Largest of its Kind Stormwater Management System in N.C.
The Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority recently received state approval to proceed with construction of a sustainable stormwater management system, the largest of its kind in North Carolina. The innovative submerged gravel wetland system will be built to treat stormwater from the Park Economy 3 Expansion (PE3) project and is expected to be more effective than traditionalRead More