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The RDU Airport Authority is in charge of the airport facilities and operations and is controlled by a board of representatives from the counties of Wake and Durham and the cities of Raleigh and Durham. Raleigh–Durham International Airport is the second-largest airport in the state of North Carolina, behind Charlotte Douglas International ...
This is a list of airports in North Carolina (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (IATA: RDU, ICAO: KRDU, FAA LID: RDU), the region's primary airport and the second largest in North Carolina, located northwest of downtown Raleigh via Interstate-40 between Raleigh and Durham, serves the city and greater Research Triangle metropolitan region, as well as much of eastern North Carolina.
The Research Triangle, or simply The Triangle, are both common nicknames for a metropolitan area in the Piedmont region of the U.S. state of North Carolina.Anchored by the cities of Raleigh and Durham and the town of Chapel Hill, the region is home to three major research universities: North Carolina State University, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ...
The airport was used for army training in 1940 and an anti-aircraft battery was installed. "The ladies of the neighborhood lavished the soldiers with pies and cakes." according to a 12-year-old boy at the time. [5] Commercial flights were moved to the newly Army constructed Raleigh–Durham International Airport 12 miles to the north.
It runs from I-40 near the Raleigh–Durham International Airport to I-87/U.S. Highway 64 (US 64)/US 264 south of Knightdale. The original plan was for the entire route to be designated as part of the Interstate Highway System , renumbering the route to I-640 when the beltway was complete; however, the NCDOT announced in 2002 that I-540 would ...
NC 540 east to I-40 east / I-540 – RDU Airport, Raleigh: NC 885 exit 1: Route transition from NC 540 to NC 885: Durham: Research Triangle Park: 42.5: 68.4: 2 / 3: Davis Drive / Hopson Road: Signed exit 2 northbound, exit 3 southbound: 44.9: 72.3: 5: I-40 to NC 54 – Raleigh, Chapel Hill: Signed as exit 5A (east) and 5B (west), continuation ...
Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (IATA: EWN, ICAO: KEWN, FAA LID: EWN) is a commercial airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of New Bern, a city in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. EWN covers 785 acres (318 ha) of land.