Live · checked FAA national advisories 5 minFAA NAS status 1 minForecast cycle 59 minLightning 1 minWeather observations <1 minFAA surface data 1 minFAA flight data 2 min
Observed Significant Resolved Delay RDU departures

Raleigh/Durham departures back near normal: 27% late in the last hour

Current state
Resolved at 7:56 PM EST
Started
Latest activity
Updates
2
Create monitor View RDUFlights at RDU

Tailodds reports what the FAA publishes, what we measure and what our model forecasts. It doesn’t control airport operations or change bookings; check with your airline about your trip.

Updates oldest first

  1. Initial Observed

    Raleigh/Durham departures running late: 53% left 15+ min late in the last hour

    Of 17 departures that took off between 3:56 PM and 4:56 PM EST, 9 left at least 15 minutes late. Raleigh/Durham typically sees 29% of departures in this hour leave that late (US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 4 PM hour). Measured by Tailodds from FAA flight data against airline schedules.

    Evidence for this update
    Measurement window3:56 PM–4:56 PM EST
    Sample17 flights, 9 late (53%)
    Comparison29% typical · US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 4 PM hour
    Median delay19.0 min
    MethodFAA wheels-off/on +/- median taxi (taxi_times) vs the FAA-filed airline schedule (flight_odds)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-05 21:56 UTC)
    SourcesTailodds measurement of FAA flight data against airline schedules
    Provenanceobserved_ops observed-ops-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1
    Was this useful?
  2. Recovery Observed

    Raleigh/Durham departures back near normal: 27% late in the last hour

    What changed: late share 56% at worst → 27% now

    Of 15 departures that took off between 6:56 PM and 7:56 PM EST, 4 left at least 15 minutes late. Raleigh/Durham typically sees 36% of departures in this hour leave that late (US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 7 PM hour). Measured by Tailodds from FAA flight data against airline schedules. The late share has stayed at or below 30% for 31 minutes across 16 checks, each with at least 12 flights and current data.

    Evidence for this update
    Measurement window6:56 PM–7:56 PM EST
    Sample15 flights, 4 late (27%)
    Comparison36% typical · US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 7 PM hour
    Median delay5.0 min
    MethodFAA wheels-off/on +/- median taxi (taxi_times) vs the FAA-filed airline schedule (flight_odds)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-11-06 00:56 UTC)
    SourcesTailodds measurement of FAA flight data against airline schedules
    Provenanceobserved_ops observed-ops-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1
    Was this useful?