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Flights all over North Carolina impacted by winter storm

RALEIGH, NC (CBS/WWAY) –Passengers were stranded Sunday at the Raleigh-Durham Airport after flights were cancelled in and out of areas in North Carolina due to the severe winter weather conditions....

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Federal funding likely to fall short for new RDU runway

MORRISVILLE, NC (AP) — The president of Raleigh-Durham International Airport says federal funding for a runway replacement will likely fall far short of what was initially expected. Michael Landguth...

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Plane traveling to Raleigh makes emergency landing at Florida airport

ORLANDO, FL (AP) — Officials say a plane traveling from Florida to North Carolina had to make an emergency landing. The Orlando Sentinel reports that JetBlue flight 1126 took off from Fort Lauderdale...

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Passenger: Suicidal woman tried to open plane door on flight leaving RDU

NEW YORK CITY (WTVD) — There was a disturbance aboard a flight leaving Raleigh-Durham International Aiport headed for New York City on Friday, and a passenger tells Eyewitness News that a suicidal...

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Raleigh-Durham airport adds gates, security lanes

MORRISVILLE, NC (AP) — Raleigh-Durham International Airport is expanding both gates and security lanes as the airport copes with a record-breaking number of passengers. The News & Observer of...

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North Carolina airport: Radar contact lost with small plane

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Operations were temporarily halted at a busy North Carolina airport Sunday night after it lost radar contact with an approaching small plane, launching a search by fire and rescue...

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Veterinarian, wife die in plane crash near Raleigh airport

RALEIGH, NC (AP) — A Florida veterinarian and his wife were identified Monday as victims of a deadly plane crash near a North Carolina airport, devastating friends who remembered their generosity and...

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Love at First Flight: Couple takes wedding photos at NC airport

RALEIGH, NC (WWAY) — It’s not often that a love connection is made thousands of feet above land. However, love took off on a Frontier flight from Orlando to RDU. Jamie and Nestor Ramierz’s meet-cute...

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RDU sees highest volume of passengers in airport history on Sunday

MORRISVILLE, NC (WNCN) — Raleigh-Durham International Airport set a single-day record for passenger traffic on Sunday, December 1, with an all-time high of approximately 54,800 passengers traveling...

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Star Wars-themed plane turns RDU into galaxy far, far away

RALEIGH-DURHAM (WTVD) — RDU International Airport was thrust into a galaxy far, far away when a Star Wars-themed plane made a special stop in the Triangle. The United Airlines 737-800, with a Star...

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Health officials investigating possible case of coronavirus in North Carolina

NORTH CAROLINA (WWAY) — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is investigating a possible case of infection with the newly discovered 2019 coronavirus. The person recently...

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Raleigh-Durham airport staffer charged with ‘secret peeping’

RALEIGH, NC (AP) — Raleigh-Durham International Airport officials say an employee has been charged with secret peeping after authorities were tipped off about “potential illegal activity” at the...

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RDU predicts 167,000 Thanksgiving flyers, a drop from 2019

RALEIGH, NC (AP) — Raleigh-Durham International Airport says that it expects this year’s Thanksgiving holiday traffic to be much lower than it was last year due to the pandemic. The airport said in a...

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Raleigh airport recovering after hourslong power outage

MORRISVILLE, NC (AP) — Raleigh-Durham International Airport is recovering after an hourslong power outage at the main terminal. News outlets reported that after the outage was reported shortly after 4...

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RDU announces new nonstop flight to Iceland

RALEIGH, NC (WWAY) — Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) announced Thursday that Icelandair will launch a new international flight to Reykjavik, Iceland. “This exciting announcement signals...

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Four charged after I-40 blocked by drivers doing stunts

RALEIGH, NC (AP) — Charges have been filed against three adults and a teenager in connection with car stunts that shut down a portion of Interstate 40 in North Carolina, the state Highway Patrol said....

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TSA reports spike in firearms at North Carolina airports in 2021

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has released new figures about the number of firearms found in travelers’ carry-on luggage at airports in North Carolina. The...

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Delta flight slides off taxiway after landing at RDU

MORRISVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — A Delta Airlines flight skidded off a taxiway at RDU in the icy conditions on Friday night. Flight 5501 landed safely about 9 p.m. after arriving from Washington, DC., but...

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NTSB: Copilot who jumped from plane upset about hard landing

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A copilot who jumped to his death from a small airplane in North Carolina was upset over damaging the craft’s landing gear during a failed runaway approach, according to a...

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Air France flight canceled after plane clips electric tower at RDU

RALEIGH (WRAL) — An Air France flight was canceled after the plane clipped the electric tower at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU). The incident occurred on the ground and there were no...

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