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When is Raleigh Durham security busiest? 5 am, every morning.

Calmest around 11 am. Choose any hour on the board.

People screened per hour at RDU checkpoints, by weekday and hour; choose a cell to read it
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Monday, 5 am

2,750

people screened, 8-week average.

Which checkpoint is busiest? Terminal 2 and Terminal 1, by 5 am.

Every checkpoint peaks before noon.

Security counts,

  • Terminal 2

    5 am

    1,830 screened

  • Terminal 1

    5 am

    550 screened

Which departures leave on time? Leave in the morning.

5 am: 92% left on time. 8 pm: 59%.

Flight records,

Share of RDU departures leaving less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour
DepartsBarLeft on time
5 am92%
6 am91%
7 am89%
8 am86%
9 am85%
10 am83%
11 am80%
12 pm80%
1 pm74%
2 pm71%
3 pm71%
4 pm69%
5 pm64%
6 pm64%
7 pm60%
8 pm59%
9 pm64%

Which airline runs on time here? United and Southwest lead.

Delta flies 31% of RDU departures and landed on time 78% of the time.

Flight records,

  1. United 7,483 flights, 1.4% cancelled 80%
  2. Southwest 8,886 flights, 1.3% cancelled 78%
  3. Delta 19,836 flights, 2.8% cancelled 78%
  4. American 18,776 flights, 3.3% cancelled 73%
  5. Frontier 4,324 flights, 2.5% cancelled 72%

Not ranked, under ten flights a day: Alaska 75% of 686, JetBlue 72% of 3,064, Spirit 59% of 405.

Where do RDU flights land late? Washington, New York, New York.

Lowest on-time rates of the 8 busiest.

Flight records,

ToFlightsOn time
ATL Atlanta4,65085%
LGA New York4,33965%
ORD Chicago3,74072%
JFK New York3,67270%
CLT Charlotte3,03081%
DCA Washington3,01757%
EWR Newark2,87273%
BNA Nashville2,85278%