Cheap flights from London to Raleigh Durham

Start from the expensive stretch: Christmas, the UK school holidays and the height of summer are the busy seasons on this route, so if your dates fall there, book well ahead. Work back from that and you reach February, the cheapest month on the calendar here — if your dates flex, aim for it. Midweek departures often cost less than Fridays and Sundays, and giving yourself a few months of lead time usually beats a last-minute booking. The price list runs from October to August, so you can test these patterns against real dates before you commit.

The difference you feel first is the connection: no carrier on this list flies London to Raleigh Durham nonstop, so layover, total journey time and what the ticket includes are what separate them. The names here are British Airways, American Airlines, United Airlines, Air Canada, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Swiss, Aer Lingus, Icelandair, TAP Portugal and JetBlue Airways, and each sets its own routing, so the same morning departure can come with a short changeover on one ticket and a long wait on another. Since fares also differ in what they cover — checked bags, seat choice, meals — compare the total cost of getting there, not the headline fare.

Sort out your documents for entering the United States before you fly, and decide how you will cover the last stretch into town, because Raleigh Durham airport sits outside both city centres. It is the one airport for the area, serving Raleigh and Durham from a single site, so know which of the two you are heading for before you land. Expect a wait at passport control on arrival, look up the ways into town — public transport, taxi, hire car — on the airport's own site in advance, and if you plan to travel beyond the two cities, compare hire cars early.

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-05 (America/New_York)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Check what the fare includes — checked bags, seat selection and meals are the extras that raise the final price.
• If your trip is two separate tickets, check the connection yourself, since a late first leg leaves the second flight at your own risk.
• Weigh all five departure airports — Heathrow, Gatwick, London City, Luton and Stansted — since the choice changes both schedule and fare.
• Look up the United States entry requirements for your passport before you pay, not on the way to the airport.
• If your dates flex, aim at February, the cheapest month in this route's calendar.
• For Christmas or school holiday dates, book earlier rather than later.