Flights Raleigh-durham → Los Angeles
RDU → LAX
Route overview
The flight route from Raleigh-Durham to Los Angeles is operated with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 78%, with an average delay of 18.9 minutes per flight. The destination airport, which opened in 1926, serves over 76 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 Raleigh-durham (RDU) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines. Across 231 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.30%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 13/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Raleigh-durham (RDU) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads west for about 3,595 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 55m.
Departures from Raleigh-durham on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 87% of RDU-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 231 tracked RDU-LAX flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 1.3% 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% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about RDU-LAX
On the Raleigh-durham (RDU) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 231 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Raleigh-durham-Los Angeles is 1.30% across 231 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, 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.
