New Flights + Upcoming Restaurants

From locally owned restaurants and bars to direct destinations, here’s what’s rolling out at RDU.

If you’ve been browsing (or booking!) flights in between meetings at work, you’re not alone (shh, we won’t tell!). And RDU is taking notice. ICYMI, the airport set a new passenger traffic record in May thanks to over 1.4 million travelers (!) flying through—outpacing April by 10.5%. And the fastest-growing Top 50 airport in the U.S. isn’t slated to slow its roll anytime soon, with a constant rollout of new nonstop flights, runway updates and restaurant debuts keeping pace with frequent fliers.

Here, the lowdown on nonstop flights that have gone wheels up this year, plus deets on a slew of highly anticipated eateries to nosh at before embarking on your jet-setting dreams. Bon voyage!

New Nonstop Flights

Boston (BOS) | Frontier Airlines

Miami (MIA) | Frontier Airlines

New York (LGA) | Frontier Airlines

Tampa (TPA) | Frontier Airlines

Chicago-O’Hare (ORD) | Frontier Airlines

San Diego (SAN) | Breeze Airways

White Plains, New York (HPN) | Breeze Airways

Albany, New York (ALB) | Avelo Airlines

Milwaukee (MKE) | Frontier Airlines

Burlington, Vermont (BTV) | Breeze Airways

Syracuse, New York (SYR) | Breeze Airways