The flight time from New York to Raleigh Durham is 1 hour, 44 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves JFK New York, NY 4 minutes early.
23 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 11 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives RDU Raleigh Durham, NC 11 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
87%
Delta
82%
JetBlue
69%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from New York to Raleigh Durham is 1 hour, 44 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 11 minutes.

The flight distance from New York to Raleigh Durham is 427 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Raleigh Durham to New York
1 hour, 38 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

JetBlue
1h 40m
Delta
1h 44m
American
1h 45m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

79

Distance

427 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0510

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
32
American
29
JetBlue
17

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is New York from Raleigh Durham by plane?

The distance from New York to Raleigh Durham by plane is 427 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from New York to Raleigh Durham?

The flight time from New York to Raleigh Durham is 1 hour, 44 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 11 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with JetBlue being the fastest taking 1 hour, 40 minutes, and American the slowest taking 1 hour, 45 minutes.

What airlines fly from New York to Raleigh Durham?

American, Delta, and JetBlue are the airlines with direct flights from New York to Raleigh Durham.

Does Southwest fly from New York to Raleigh Durham?

Southwest does not fly from New York (JFK) to Raleigh Durham (RDU). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves New York 4 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 23 minutes
In the Air 71 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Raleigh Durham 11 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from New York to Raleigh Durham, American is 87% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 87% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 87% 10% 3%
Delta 82% 15% 3%
JetBlue 69% 30% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between New York and Raleigh Durham, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
JetBlue 21 70 6 100
Delta 25 71 6 104
American 23 72 6 105

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
9am 0.83
12pm 1.53
6pm 0.5
5pm 1.23
3pm 0.89
7am 0.21
8pm 0.21
6am 0.39
1pm 0.39
8am 0.65
11am 0.37
2pm 0.73
4pm 0.78
10pm 0.05
9pm 0.82
7pm 1.06
10am 0.26
11pm 0.08

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from New York to Raleigh Durham that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 294
February 292
March 310
April 318
May 372
June 341
July 341
August 404
September 390
October 403
November 342
December 322

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from New York to Raleigh Durham that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 11.19
Tuesday 11.44
Wednesday 11.44
Thursday 11.19
Friday 11.23
Saturday 11.71
Sunday 11.19

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
Delta 1
American 1
JetBlue 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
9am 23 72 5 102
12pm 20 71 5 99
6pm 30 72 6 110
5pm 26 71 7 109
3pm 22 72 6 104
7am 22 69 5 98
8pm 31 72 6 108
6am 20 70 6 98
1pm 21 71 6 100
8am 21 72 5 100
11am 21 72 6 101
2pm 26 71 6 105
4pm 24 72 7 106
10pm 22 72 6 105
9pm 23 72 7 105
7pm 30 71 6 109
10am 18 70 6 98
11pm 30 67 6 105
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.