Flights Raleigh-durham → Cincinnati
RDU → CVG
Route overview
The flight route from Raleigh-Durham to Cincinnati has a 73% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 16.1 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the course of a year, this route sees 82 total flights, serving a destination airport that handles approximately 7,573,416 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 Raleigh-durham (RDU) → Cincinnati (CVG) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 133 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Cincinnati the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Cincinnati: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Raleigh-durham (RDU) to Cincinnati (CVG) heads north-west for about 627 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 12m.
Departures from Raleigh-durham on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 66% of RDU-CVG flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Cincinnati it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 133 tracked RDU-CVG flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 0.0% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about RDU-CVG
On the Raleigh-durham (RDU) -> Cincinnati (CVG) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 133 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Raleigh-durham-Cincinnati is 0.00% across 133 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
