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KRDU — Raleigh-Durham Intl
Raleigh/Durham, NC · field elevation 435 ft · Class C airspace · ATCT-TRACON
KRDU current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KRDU 100251Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/07 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP190 T01000067 50008
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 10 °C / dewpoint 7 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Density altitude
- -279 ft · pressure altitude 255 ft
- Observed
- 45 minutes ago
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48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 37,000–37,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KRDU 092320Z 1000/1024 00000KT P6SM SKC FM101500 23007KT P6SM SKC
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 35.87764, -78.78747
- Elevation
- 435 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class C
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter.
Established means they answered you by callsign. “Aircraft calling, stand by” is not established and you stay out; “Cessna 12345, stand by” is, and you may enter. Mode C is required within the lateral limits and above them to 10,000 ft MSL. VFR traffic gets sequencing and traffic advisories, not separation.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1146Z / 2211Z
- Tower hours
- Continuous (24 hours)
- Magnetic variation
- 9°W (2020)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Charlotte
- County
- Wake, NC
Airport diagram
Everything else KRDU publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05L/23R | 10,000 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 05R/23L | 7,500 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 14/32 | 3,570 | 100 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- D-ATIS
- 123.8
- Tower Continuous (24 hours)
- 127.45
- Ground
- 121.9
- Clearance
- 120.1
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach 055-229
- 124.95
- Approach 230-054
- 127.675
- Departure 055-229
- 125.3
- Departure 230-054
- 132.35
Published procedures
- 17 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS), RNAV (RNP)
- 9 departures published
- 6 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KJNX Johnston Rgnl28 nm
- KHRJ Harnett Rgnl Jetport30 nm
- KHNZ Henderson/Oxford32 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KRDU airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other North Carolina airports
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- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.