MIA to RDU flight delays
Miami, FL (MIA) Raleigh/Durham, NC (RDU) · 700 miles
2,347 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
71.42%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.7%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
76 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
23 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Frontier Airlines arrived on time 13.9 points more often than Delta Air Lines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In October it ran 21.2 points more punctual than in August — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The two directions do not behave alike. RDU to MIA arrives on time 5.3 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Flights from Miami to Raleigh/Durham run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Frontier Airlines arrived on time most often on MIA to RDU. Delta Air Lines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in August.
Every airline on MIA to RDU
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 1,700 | 71.45% | 1.47% | 72 min | D |
| Delta Air Lines | 360 | 64.67% | 2.5% | 95 min | F |
| Frontier Airlines | 185 | 78.57% | 1.62% | 70 min | C |
| Envoy Air | 72 | 88.73% | 1.39% | 42 min | — |
| Republic Airways | 30 | 64.29% | 6.67% | 80 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
RDU to MIA Raleigh/Durham back to Miami 76.77% on time COther routes from Miami
Common questions
Are flights from Miami to Raleigh/Durham usually delayed?
71.42% of flights on the MIA to RDU route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Miami to Raleigh/Durham?
Frontier Airlines, at 78.57% on time across 185 flights. The least punctual on the route was Delta Air Lines at 64.67%.
How often are MIA to RDU flights cancelled?
1.7% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 17 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Miami to Raleigh/Durham?
October, when 80.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was August at 59.1%.
When MIA to RDU flights are late, how late are they?
About 76 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on MIA to RDU during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →