Philadelphia (PHL) – Raleigh (RDU)
- Distance
- 542 km
- 337 mi · 293 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 29 min / 1 h 27 min
- Average gate to gate: PHL → RDU / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 68 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (40 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 488,558
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −8.3%
- Flights / week
- 100
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 69%
- 707,363 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- AA, F9, OH
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 PHL
- 216°
- Heading from RDU
- 34°
- Halfway point
- 37.89, -77.06
- Great-circle km
- 542 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air PHL → RDU
- 59 min
- In the air RDU → PHL
- 58 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 51,566 |
| Sep 2025 | 46,168 |
| Oct 2025 | 49,031 |
| Nov 2025 | 35,616 |
| Dec 2025 | 32,983 |
| Jan 2026 | 25,881 |
| Feb 2026 | 27,183 |
| Mar 2026 | 30,824 |
| Apr 2026 | 36,919 |
| May 2026 | 45,860 |
| Jun 2026 | 51,918 |
| Jul 2026 | 54,609 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 480 |
| Sep 2025 | 459 |
| Oct 2025 | 493 |
| Nov 2025 | 386 |
| Dec 2025 | 384 |
| Jan 2026 | 361 |
| Feb 2026 | 337 |
| Mar 2026 | 386 |
| Apr 2026 | 470 |
| May 2026 | 488 |
| Jun 2026 | 479 |
| Jul 2026 | 491 |
Airlines flying PHL–RDU nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 41 | 43% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 22 | 33% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 26 | 17% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 8.2 | 6% |
| PTPiedmont Airlines | 3.1 | 1% |
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
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 1,268 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,099 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 750 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 593 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 426 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 358 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 250 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 221 flights
Also carried: 39 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 23 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3%
- Flights counted
- 5,206
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 73.9% | 24 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 70.6% | 26 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 76.7% | 20 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 83.2% | 13 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 26% · aircraft arriving late 56% · 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
- $244
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $212
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 64% of passengers · $314
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 35% of passengers · $108
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $206 · Q3 2025 $199 · Q4 2025 $208 · Q1 2026 $244).
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: 542 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.