RDU enjoys a vibrant General Aviation community that is managed by two Fixed-Based Operators, or FBOs for short. Both FBOs support the needs of private aviation for the Research Triangle Region and continue to thrive at RDU. The current FBO lease with the Authority is set to expire March 31, 2022. The Authority and itsRead More
You may recall RDU was the first public entity in the Research Triangle region to deploy emission-free electric buses in 2019. Did you also know that Terminal 1 is a certified LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) building? LEED is a designation awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council for buildings constructed using greenRead More
How to Listen and Subscribe: Listen here or find The Fly Angle on your favorite podcast app. In This Episode: What’s better than a special guest? How about four? Co-hosts Mary Griffith and Jake Potter sit down with leaders from Novo Nordisk, the Research Triangle Foundation, Eckel & Vaughan, PNC Arena and the Carolina HurricanesRead More
Passenger Confidence in Air Travel Increases RDU anticipates nearly 120,000 passengers will fly through the airport between the Friday and Monday of Labor Day weekend. Friday is expected to be the busiest day with more than 34,000 passengers traveling. “Leisure travelers helped RDU recover at a robust pace during the summer months that are typicallyRead More
RDU Restarts Construction on Two New Security Checkpoint Lanes: The recovery continued at a robust pace at RDU in July, with nearly 968,000 passengers traveling through the airport during the month – a nine percent increase over June 2021 and a 363 percent increase over July 2020. Passenger traffic grew steadily for the seventh straightRead More
