Observation Park To Close July 15-19

RDU Airport, NC – The Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority will close the airport’s popular Observation Park from Monday, July 15 through Friday, July 19, weather permitting, to complete routine maintenance of the park’s parking lot. The park will reopen as soon as work is complete. During the closure, those wishing to view planes may do soRead More

General Aviation: A Great Place To View Planes

Update: as of May 2018, General Aviation is now leased by TAC Air and is no longer available for public use. For plane watching, please visit Observation Park. Here at RDU, we have the highly-acclaimed Observation Park, where you can view planes from an elevated platform, listen to the air traffic controllers and allow yourRead More

48 Hours In: Tampa

Welcome to the first in our series of destination highlights called 48 Hours In. Once a month, we’ll share some of the great things about the cities served nonstop by airlines at RDU so that you can plan your own 48-hour-getaway. 

Putting A Plan Into Action

You may have heard local news reports about a hazardous materials call that caused the brief evacuation of a portion of Terminal 2 on Wednesday, July 3.  Now that the situation has passed, I wanted to share the story behind the news story.