Cheap Car Rental at Raleigh Durham Airport from $62 - FREE Cancellation | Discover Cars (2024)

Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) is the second-largest airport in North Carolina. It serves the cities that make up the Triangle area: Raliegh (the capital of North Carolina), Durham, and Chapel Hill. The area is also often referred to as the Research Triangle due to its three major universities: North Carolina State University in Raleigh, Duke University in Durham, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Each of these has programs ranked amongst the top in the country.

Raleigh is the main tourist draw of the area. With a plethora of events, multiple museums, an NHL team (the Carolina Hurricanes), parks, and plenty of nightlife, there is a lot to draw in visitors. The surrounding cities and countryside are also great destinations for any traveler. As in much of the United States, a car is all but essential both for getting in and around the cities, but also for venturing into the countryside.

The airport used to be a hub for American Airlines. It is now a focus city for Delta Airlines and the low-cost airline Frontier. Delta provides connections to many cities on the East Coast along with Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, and Seattle. It also flies directly to Paris.

American Airlines is the second-busiest airline at the airport. Its routes include Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, and Phoenix in addition to a daily direct flight to London–Heathrow.

The low-cost airline Southwest, with its own terminal, also carries many passengers at RDU. It connects the Triangle area with many cities on the East Coast and in the Midwest.

Icelandair flew to RDU for the first time in May of 2022. The airline now provides flights to and from Reykavik (from where you can connect to other cities in Europe) from May to Octobetr.

RDU has two terminals with a combined three concourses. The two terminals are connected by a shuttle bus and a moving walkway in the parking dek between them. But as they are separated, there is no way to move between the terminals after security.

Terminal 1 is used exclusively by Southwest Airlines. All other airlines can be found in Terminal 2. Alaska, Allegiant, Air Canada, Delta, Frontier, and United are in Concourse D and American Airlines and some Delta flights arrive and depart from Concourse C.

Raleigh-Durham is located at the center of the Triangle almost equidistant from the three cities: 15 miles from downtown Raliegh, 15 miles from city center Durham, and 18 miles from Chapel Hill.

Due to the airport’s size and the availability of flights of low-cost airlines, it serves a wider area than just the Triangle. The airport is just an hour’s drive from Greensboro and Rocky Mount. Even the coast of North Carolina is within a reasonable drive. Willmington, the largest city on the coast is just two hours away via I-40.

• Convertibles - from $161 per day
• Large cars - from $62 per day
• Medium cars - from $62 per day
• Vans - from $76 per day
• Premium cars - from $80 per day
• Small cars - from $67 per day
• SUVs - from $63 per day

All of the rental companies serving the airport have rental offices on the airport’s property. They are, however, not located in the terminals. Renters must take a shuttle provided by their rental company outside of the baggage claim. All of the locations are very close, though, so the ride only takes a few minutes.

If arriving in Terminal 1, you must find Zone 5 outside of the baggage claim area. If arriving in Terminal2, you should find Zone 18.

When returning your car, you will have to drop the car off at the rental location where you picked it up and take the company’s shuttle back to whichever terminal you will be flying from.

RDU is a modern, major airport with all of the facilities and services a traveler would expect of such and more.

Ther airport has many different services for passengers. These include free wifi throughout the terminals, power outlets near the gates, multiple ATMs, s currency exchange, though you are, as always, better off taking out money out of an ATM or bringing it from your home country.

There are multiple lounges, all in Terminal 2. There is an American Airlines Admirals Club, a Delta Air Lines Sky Club, and a United Club.

Finally, you won’t go hungry or thirsty at RDU. There are various dining options in both the before security and in the concourses. The options range from fast food to table-service restaurants. Coffee shops and bars are can also be found to quench your thirst.

Rating

8.4

• Getting to the airport 8.7
• Check-in and departures 9.0
• Terminal facilities 8.7
• Wi-Fi 7.9
• Restaurants and car rental services 7.9
• Lounge 7.9

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The cheapest month of the year to rent a car at Raleigh Durham Airport is June — when rental costs average $37.81 per day. This is 20% cheaper than the yearly average and 44% cheaper than renting a car in October (when prices average $67.39 per day).

This information can help you identify the low season. But these are only average numbers. How much your car rental will cost will depend on the type of vehicle you rent, how long you’ll rent it for, and how far ahead you book. Simply enter your dates in the form at the top of the page to see the exact prices.

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