New York (JFK) – Raleigh (RDU)
- Distance
- 686 km
- 426 mi · 371 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 52 min / 1 h 42 min
- Average gate to gate: JFK → RDU / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 86 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (51 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 536,517
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −10.3%
- Flights / week
- 136
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 80%
- 666,655 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- B6, 9E, YX
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 JFK
- 221°
- Heading from RDU
- 38°
- Halfway point
- 38.29, -76.37
- Great-circle km
- 686 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air JFK → RDU
- 1 h 14 min
- In the air RDU → JFK
- 1 h 8 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 54,580 |
| Sep 2025 | 44,470 |
| Oct 2025 | 45,359 |
| Nov 2025 | 49,334 |
| Dec 2025 | 48,095 |
| Jan 2026 | 34,793 |
| Feb 2026 | 34,516 |
| Mar 2026 | 44,173 |
| Apr 2026 | 40,112 |
| May 2026 | 45,394 |
| Jun 2026 | 49,898 |
| Jul 2026 | 45,793 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 703 |
| Sep 2025 | 594 |
| Oct 2025 | 570 |
| Nov 2025 | 649 |
| Dec 2025 | 609 |
| Jan 2026 | 530 |
| Feb 2026 | 527 |
| Mar 2026 | 630 |
| Apr 2026 | 551 |
| May 2026 | 569 |
| Jun 2026 | 596 |
| Jul 2026 | 533 |
Airlines flying JFK–RDU nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| B6JetBlue Airways | 34 | 39% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 50 | 30% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 51 | 30% |
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
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 2,672 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 2,593 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 1,068 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 661 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 39 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 21 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 2 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 1 flight
Also carried: 14 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 75.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 19 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 5.2%
- Flights counted
- 4,687
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| YXRepublic Airline | 77.6% | 16 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 71.9% | 23 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 23% · aircraft arriving late 44% · air traffic system 27% · weather 6% · 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
- $152
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $151
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- JetBlue Airways
- 36% of passengers · $129
- Lowest-fare airline
- JetBlue Airways
- 36% of passengers · $129
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $152 · Q3 2025 $140 · Q4 2025 $160 · Q1 2026 $152).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $155, likely $134–$177
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 5.5%). 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
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q1, typically 7% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
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: 686 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 New York and Raleigh
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More routes from JFK
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| JFK → LAX | 3,983 km | 3,020,062 |
| JFK → LHR | 5,555 km | 2,984,474 |
| JFK → SFO | 4,162 km | 1,910,892 |
| JFK → CDG | 5,850 km | 1,852,909 |
| JFK → MCO | 1,519 km | 1,430,021 |
| JFK → MIA | 1,753 km | 1,326,964 |
| JFK → ATL | 1,223 km | 1,253,545 |
| JFK → SJU | 2,571 km | 1,142,506 |
| JFK → FCO | 6,884 km | 1,141,515 |
| JFK → LAS | 3,618 km | 1,102,051 |