RDU Facts
Location
Wake County, North Carolina, USA; 11 miles northwest of Raleigh, 10.5 miles southeast of Durham, and 17 miles east-southeast of Chapel Hill
Property
5,000 acres
Elevation
436 feet above mean sea level
Flights
Over 400 daily arrivals and departures
Destinations
62 destinations served
Airlines
9 major airlines
Passengers
11+ million passengers in 2017
Cargo
Nearly 100,000 tons in 2017
Facilities Information
Terminal Area Parking
11,700 public parking spaces; ParkRDU Economy 3 & 4: 6,200
Terminal 1
First section opened in 1955. Re-opened 1982, modernized in 2014. Five gates in use.
Terminal 2
First phase opened in Oct. 2008; building completed in January 2011; 36 gates
Runway 5L-23R
Length 10,000 feet x 150 feet wide
Runway 5R-23L
Length 7,500 feet x 150 feet wide; rehabilitated in 2008
Runway 14-32
Length 3,550 feet x 100 feet wide
Observation Park
Opened 1987; renovated in 1996