Cheap flights from London to Raleigh Durham

February is the cheapest month to fly this route, and fares are shown for every month of the year, so you can weigh a winter trip against a summer one before you commit. Winter departures from London are usually quieter, while late spring and the summer school break push fares up at both ends of the route. Flying midweek rather than on a Friday or a Sunday tends to cost less. The Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks are the ones to book well ahead if you want to be in North Carolina for the holidays.

There are no direct flights from London to Raleigh Durham, so every option here is a connection, and the airline you choose shapes the trip. Easyjet is the low-cost name in the mix, so read the baggage rules on your fare before you commit. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Austrian, Brussels Airlines, Portug, Icelandair and Helvetic Airways are full-service carriers, and what is included depends on the fare you choose rather than on the airline alone. Air Dolomiti and BA CityFlyer feed regional routes into larger hubs, which means your connecting leg may sit with a partner airline rather than the carrier printed on your first ticket.

Every flight lands at Raleigh Durham, the single airport serving the Research Triangle area, so there is no second airport to choose between once you are there. It sits outside the city itself, a drive from downtown Raleigh and from Durham, and most travellers finish the journey by taxi, rideshare, hotel shuttle or a rental car picked up at the terminal. Build in time after landing for US immigration and customs, which you clear at your first point of entry, and check that your connection there is long enough to cover it.

Currency

USD ($)

Power sockets

Type A, B · 120 V

Language

Samoan, Hawaiian, Chamorro, Carolinian, Spanish

Emergency number

911

Driving side

right

Calling code

+1

Internet domain

.us

Population of Raleigh Durham

468 k (2020)

Time zone

UTC-04 (America/New_York)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Check which London airport your ticket actually leaves from, because the city has five and they sit far apart.
• Read the baggage allowance on a low-cost fare before you add a cabin bag or a checked one.
• Confirm whether your connection is on one ticket or two, since a self-transfer means collecting your bags and checking in again.
• Make sure your passport and any US entry authorisation are valid well before departure.
• Decide how you will reach your hotel from Raleigh Durham airport, as it is outside the city.
• Compare February fares with the summer months if your dates are flexible.