Flights Raleigh-durham → Miami
RDU → MIA
Route overview
The flight route from Raleigh-Durham to Miami operates with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 78%, with an average delay of 16.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this busy destination airport serves approximately 50,684,396 passengers.
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) → Miami (MIA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 784 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.04%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 30.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Miami 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 Miami: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Raleigh-durham (RDU) to Miami (MIA) heads south for about 1,130 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 50m.
Departures from Raleigh-durham on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 52% of RDU-MIA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Miami it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 784 tracked RDU-MIA flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 2.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about RDU-MIA
On the Raleigh-durham (RDU) -> Miami (MIA) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 784 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Raleigh-durham-Miami is 2.04% across 784 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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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.
