Washington (BWI) – Raleigh (RDU)
- Distance
- 411 km
- 255 mi · 222 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 6 min / 1 h 2 min
- Average gate to gate: BWI → RDU / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 94 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (56 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 348,668
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −8.3%
- Flights / week
- 68
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 63%
- 555,428 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- 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 BWI
- 208°
- Heading from RDU
- 26°
- Halfway point
- 37.53, -77.75
- Great-circle km
- 411 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BWI → RDU
- 48 min
- In the air RDU → BWI
- 45 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 29,790 |
| Sep 2025 | 28,910 |
| Oct 2025 | 35,302 |
| Nov 2025 | 28,785 |
| Dec 2025 | 30,762 |
| Jan 2026 | 19,503 |
| Feb 2026 | 19,830 |
| Mar 2026 | 28,912 |
| Apr 2026 | 29,086 |
| May 2026 | 30,847 |
| Jun 2026 | 33,627 |
| Jul 2026 | 33,314 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 295 |
| Sep 2025 | 285 |
| Oct 2025 | 333 |
| Nov 2025 | 308 |
| Dec 2025 | 318 |
| Jan 2026 | 242 |
| Feb 2026 | 233 |
| Mar 2026 | 296 |
| Apr 2026 | 294 |
| May 2026 | 301 |
| Jun 2026 | 308 |
| Jul 2026 | 312 |
Airlines flying BWI–RDU nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 67 | 100% |
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 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,715 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,085 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 709 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 4 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 3 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 3 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 2 flights
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 1 flight
Also carried: 307 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
- 10 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.4%
- Flights counted
- 3,583
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 28% · aircraft arriving late 54% · air traffic system 13% · 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
- $249
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $213
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 94% of passengers · $248
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 5% of passengers · $212
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $187 · Q3 2025 $207 · Q4 2025 $220 · Q1 2026 $249).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $254, likely $220–$290
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 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.5%). 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 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 411 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 Washington and Raleigh
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