Flights Baltimore → Raleigh-durham
BWI → RDU
Route overview
The flight route from Baltimore to Raleigh-Durham operates with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 75%, with an average delay of 10.8 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 418 flights, connecting passengers between Baltimore's historic airport, which opened in 1947, and Raleigh-Durham International Airport, one of the busiest airports in North Carolina with over 14 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Baltimore (BWI) → Raleigh-durham (RDU) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 569 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.99%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Raleigh-durham: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Baltimore (BWI) to Raleigh-durham (RDU) heads south-west for about 411 km, a flight time of roughly 56m.
Departures from Baltimore on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 41% of BWI-RDU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Raleigh-durham it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 569 tracked BWI-RDU flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 3.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about BWI-RDU
On the Baltimore (BWI) -> Raleigh-durham (RDU) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 569 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Baltimore-Raleigh-durham is 2.99% across 569 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Raleigh-durham, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
