Flights Raleigh-durham → New York
RDU → LGA
Route overview
The flight route from Raleigh-Durham to New York operates with a high frequency of 1,079 flights annually and uses aircraft such as the Canadair Regional Jet 700 and Embraer RJ140. With an on-time performance rate of 73%, these flights experience an average delay of 22 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at nearly 29 million 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) → New York (LGA) route is operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines. Across 1381 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 22 minutes. The cancellation rate is 6.59%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 32.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At New York 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 New York: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Raleigh-durham (RDU) to New York (LGA) heads north-east for about 693 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 17m.
Departures from Raleigh-durham on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 44% of RDU-LGA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New York it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,381 tracked RDU-LGA flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 22 min and a 6.6% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about RDU-LGA
On the Raleigh-durham (RDU) -> New York (LGA) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 22 minutes, based on 1381 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Raleigh-durham-New York is 6.59% across 1381 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American 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.
