Atlanta (ATL) – Raleigh (RDU)
- Distance
- 573 km
- 356 mi · 309 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 21 min / 1 h 26 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → RDU / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 72 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (43 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,341,615
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −0.0%
- Flights / week
- 176
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 1,660,093 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, F9, WN
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ATL
- 63°
- Heading from RDU
- 246°
- Halfway point
- 34.79, -81.65
- Great-circle km
- 572 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → RDU
- 58 min
- In the air RDU → ATL
- 59 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 117,566 |
| Sep 2025 | 115,995 |
| Oct 2025 | 126,374 |
| Nov 2025 | 105,544 |
| Dec 2025 | 111,379 |
| Jan 2026 | 92,555 |
| Feb 2026 | 94,825 |
| Mar 2026 | 107,515 |
| Apr 2026 | 106,550 |
| May 2026 | 120,559 |
| Jun 2026 | 120,438 |
| Jul 2026 | 122,315 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 799 |
| Sep 2025 | 803 |
| Oct 2025 | 845 |
| Nov 2025 | 780 |
| Dec 2025 | 775 |
| Jan 2026 | 670 |
| Feb 2026 | 649 |
| Mar 2026 | 729 |
| Apr 2026 | 738 |
| May 2026 | 773 |
| Jun 2026 | 782 |
| Jul 2026 | 805 |
Airlines flying ATL–RDU nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 144 | 85% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 23 | 12% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 8.2 | 3% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 0.4 | 0% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-900ER · 6,002 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 1,051 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 653 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 381 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 341 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 250 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 220 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 114 flights
Also carried: 238 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 83.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.5%
- Flights counted
- 9,259
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 85.8% | 10 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 67% | 29 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 88.8% | 8 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 37% · aircraft arriving late 40% · air traffic system 19% · weather 4% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $239
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $230
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 79% of passengers · $261
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 12% of passengers · $128
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $235 · Q3 2025 $221 · Q4 2025 $227 · Q1 2026 $239).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $244, likely $211–$278
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 4.9%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 572 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Atlanta and Raleigh
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