Raleigh-Durham Airport

Very nice and new airport. Easy to get to and from Raleigh Durham area. Parking is easy. Security lines were short. Not a very crowed gate area. Straightforward layout. Lots of destinations considering the size of the airport. Not very good public transit but taxi costs are not high. Prices are reasonable to fly in and out.

Traveled here to teach in Triangle once a week since fall of 2012 always to T2 on Delta American and JetBlue. A number of superlatives: Parking close by and easy to access. TSA screening faster than any airport I have encountered in US. New modern terminal easy to navigate with all my airlines within easy walking distance of each other. Plenty of amenities with good food good service.

Pleasure to able to use this flexible and modern medium sized airport as a launching pad to the world. Never any hassles with parking security baggage or overall facilities and friendly staff always willing to oblige. Major airports visited this month including DFW (Texas) Sydney Melbourne and Brisbane (Australia) don't hold a candle to RDU is every respect.

RDU is clean quiet efficient and elegant. Great experience in smooth security line at the comfortable gate area and in the diverse and high-quality shops in the terminal.

Nice airport for its size. Terminal 2 (the new one) has enough amenities even though you only have two options - turn left or right. Security area was large enough with a minimal line even on Thanksgiving. CLT has more options but RDU is more modern-looking (for what that's worth!).

Have not flown out of new T2 since they opened up the entire terminal last time just half of it now both wings are open and it is immaculate. One of the top terminals in the country for an airport its size. Plenty of shops food etc. Security well organized did not take long. Comfy seating powerports etc. Great place to fly out of. They are now starting to renovate old T1 which is abysmal. Avoid it if you can only Southwest uses it now.

Left T2 for IAD on United. Our first use of this facility vast improvement over the old one. Clean bright plenty of seats most with charging points and good refreshment outlets. All staff polite.

The new Terminal 2 is where all airlines except Southwest use. Terminal 2 is bright clean and pleasant. There are shops and restaurants. RDU is never really that busy given the relatively small population of the Triangle area. I've been to this airport five times in 6 months. The only issue I have is that there is no free wifi.

RDU is the perfect size and well run. Not too small not too large. It's just right. The new terminal 2 is modern clean has beautiful indirect natural lighting from large skylights and has wonderful acoustics. Even when very busy it is not loud inside at all. The atmosphere here gives the feel of "calmness" which is quite a feat for an airport these days. They really did a wonderful job building this terminal. Clean. Pretty. Nice bathrooms. Very good selection of restaurants. Efficiently run security and friendly staff too. Parking is very easy. My favorite place to park is Fast Park & Relax. You can't go wrong with Raleigh-Durham.

The entire terminal 2 is now open and operating. It is gorgeous! I've been through quite a few airports in my life and RDU has got it right. Very modern comfortable good outlets for food and shopping spacious clean and interesting art and aesthetics. Unfortunately if you travel on Southwest JetBlue or Air Tran you will have to use the old crowded and substandard terminal 1.