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Cheap Flights from New York to Durham (NYC-RDU)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from New York to Durham that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from New York to Durham

Mon, Sep 1 - Mon, Sep 1
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6:59 am - 8:32 amEWR-RDU
1h 33mnonstop
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2:55 pm - 4:35 pmRDU-EWR
1h 40mnonstop
$70Spirit Airlines
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Mon, Sep 1 - Mon, Sep 8
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6:59 am - 8:32 amEWR-RDU
1h 33mnonstop
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3:40 pm - 5:20 pmRDU-EWR
1h 40mnonstop
$71Spirit Airlines
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Sat, Sep 20 - Mon, Sep 22
Frontier Logo
5:07 pm - 7:04 pmLGA-RDU
1h 57mnonstop
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2:33 pm - 4:08 pmRDU-LGA
1h 35mnonstop
$83Frontier
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Mon, Sep 22 - Mon, Sep 29
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5:07 pm - 7:04 pmLGA-RDU
1h 57mnonstop
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2:33 pm - 4:08 pmRDU-LGA
1h 35mnonstop
$84Frontier
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Wed, Sep 24 - Tue, Sep 30
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8:45 am - 10:32 amJFK-RDU
1h 47mnonstop
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11:19 am - 12:59 pmRDU-JFK
1h 40mnonstop
$115JetBlue
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Mon, Sep 22 - Mon, Sep 29
JetBlue Logo
8:45 am - 10:32 amJFK-RDU
1h 47mnonstop
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5:44 pm - 7:29 pmRDU-JFK
1h 45mnonstop
$117JetBlue
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Thu, Aug 28 - Mon, Sep 1
American Airlines Logo
12:25 pm - 2:08 pmLGA-RDU
1h 43mnonstop
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6:00 am - 7:37 amRDU-LGA
1h 37mnonstop
$127American Airlines
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Wed, Sep 17 - Wed, Sep 24
Delta Logo
9:40 am - 11:26 amEWR-RDU
1h 46mnonstop
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7:14 am - 9:00 amRDU-EWR
1h 46mnonstop
$127Delta
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Thu, Aug 28 - Mon, Sep 1
American Airlines Logo
10:30 am - 12:20 pmJFK-RDU
1h 50mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
9:00 pm - 10:50 pmRDU-JFK
1h 50mnonstop
$128American Airlines
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Wed, Aug 27 - Wed, Sep 3
Delta Logo
2:55 pm - 4:38 pmEWR-RDU
1h 43mnonstop
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7:10 am - 8:52 amRDU-EWR
1h 42mnonstop
$137Delta
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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$34
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 31% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 9% lower on average.
Flight from Newark Liberty Airport to Raleigh

When to book flights from New York to Durham

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Flights from New York to Durham: the best tips from KAYAK users' own experiences

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from New York to Durham 
HartajFlew with DeltaEWR-RDUJun 2025
Newark terminals have gotten better. Security lines were quick. And efficient.
ElenaFlew with Turkish AirlinesJFK-RDUJun 2025
leave plenty of time for your flight so you don't miss your connecting flight, if there is one
HartajFlew with DeltaLGA-RDUNov 2024
Arrive a little early. Gates are far from security due to smaller planes.
HartajFlew with United AirlinesEWR-RDUJul 2024
Flights tend to be full. Get to gate early.

FAQs for booking flights from New York to Durham

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from New York to Durham?

    When flying out of New York you’ll be using one of these airports: Newark, New York John F Kennedy Intl or New York LaGuardia. Durham does not have its own airport so you’ll be flying into nearby Raleigh-Durham airport, which is 10.1 mi away.

  • How long does a flight from New York to Durham take?

    Direct flights cover the 425 miles separating New York and Durham in about 1h 33m.

  • How many flights are there between New York and Durham?

    142 direct flights run between New York and Durham on a daily basis. On average, there are about 997 departures each week.

  • What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly between New York and Durham?

    Consider leaving on a Monday and avoid Thursdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to New York, you’ll find the best rates on Thursdays and the most expensive ones on Fridays.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from New York to Durham?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from New York to Durham.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from New York to Durham?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Durham from New York is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from New York to Durham?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Durham with an airline and back to New York with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from New York to Durham?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Durham from New York up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from New York to Durham?

    In the last 72 hours, the cheapest one-way ticket between New York and Durham found on KAYAK was with Spirit Airlines for $34. Spirit Airlines offered a round-trip connection from $70 and Frontier from $83.

Top tips for finding cheap flights from New York to Durham

  • There is no airport in Durham. Instead, you’ll be flying into Raleigh-Durham Airport when flying between New York and Durham.
  • The cheapest flight from New York to Durham was found 86 days before departure, on average.
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be March, April and May. The cheapest month to fly is January.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving New York to Durham

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from New York to Durham? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 7987 reviews
7.9Comfort
8.5Crew
7.9Entertainment
8.2Boarding
7.3Food
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Was charged for my luggage despite having been on one ticket from an international flight. Too tired to argue after 15 hours on flight. Was charged for rechecking it at JFK airport. Not sure why those off Kenya Airways were required to do that.

4.0 OkayAnonymous, Aug 2025JFK - PHX
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Was charged for my luggage despite having been on one ticket from an international flight. Too tired to argue after 15 hours on flight. Was charged for rechecking it at JFK airport. Not sure why those off Kenya Airways were required to do that.

Great experience on Delta. Staff from baggage check to flight attendants were very courteous and professional. My only issue was a personal preference for pretzels instead of the chips and cookies that were offered.

Flight was canceled, and no effort was made to help with rebooking, no hotel vouchers, no car transportation and minimal food voucher and most places for food were closed by the time the voucher was given. Waited for 3 hours for bags. Simply the worst travel experience I have ever had

At first, we were on the runway for about an hour, literally. The Captain did explain that the Control Tower just had a change shift (sounds like an unrealistic excuse) and then that we had to change a runway. A regular economy seat is made for 12 yo twiggy. I understand Delta wants to push for an upgrade, but after sitting in a Comfort seat and in First class. I would say First class is not worthy of my money. The landing was delayed because of the weather in NYC, I don't hold that against Delta, of course. The Captain did alert us to that upon takeoff in Vegas and again as we reached NY.

Not a "Delta" issue, but a JFK issue: We booked a connecting flight with 3 1/2 hours between to clearn immigration and customs. Our inbound flight (BCN to JFK) was on the taxiway 45 minutes which ate into our layover time. Immigtration was insanely quick with the CBP MPC app; however, clearing TSA (again, after we were ALREADY cleared in Spain on the inbound international flight) took over 95 minutes. This left us with 10 minutes before boarding the connecting flight (JFK to SAN) to walk to the far end of Terminal 4 and try to find food. We didn't find any food that could promise to serve us in under 10 minutes so we boarded the Delta flight after coming off a plance and an 8-hour flight knowing that we wouldn't be served any food on the next 5 1/2 hour flight. I feel like Delta needs to put pressure on the JFK TSA to open more screening stations (by our count, we saw only 5 scanners open and a line of - as we said - over 90 minutes. The insult is that we WERE ALREADY SCREENED through TSA, but as you come off one flight into the USA, you have to go through the whole process again. It seems like if you have a connecting flight, there should be a way to pass through immigration and customs without needing to return through TSA.

Great service. Flight was delayed while we sat on the runway for a couple of hours. Weather related. Staff made is very bearable. The steward servicing the first class cabin was exceptional. Thank you! 💗

My flight was 6 pm 6/6. Every hour they delayed it again - air condition issues then no pilot then the crew had worked too many hours and cancelled the flight at 11 pm. Sent customers to NJ a 45 minutes uber ride to a hotel. Had to be back by 5 am for a 7 am flight and again no pilot etc with another three hours of delays.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

Terrible entertainment system - kept freezing and audio kept cutting out. Snacks were mediocre at best for a 5 hour flight.

I am still upset that my bag was lost on a recent trip to Rome ; we were inconvenienced and out €150 Euros ; delta has refused to reimburse us

This flight was perfect. No complaints and only the highest regard for the crew and ground staff and how they executed perfectly. I fly a lot with United and would request predictability and transparency in their operations instead of last minute changes.

Survey sent before we actually left. Delay after delay. Now a crew problem.

I love flying with United. Unfortunately, I flew on an older plane with minimal upgraded technology (no Bluetooth functionality or handy charging ports). Otherwise, the flight was great and even arrived early.

They changed my seats after I checked in and I was stressed from the time I saw that information until just before boarding, when the gate attendant fixed it, but it shouldn't have happened. And if it couldn't be prevented, then the people on the phone I spoke with should have done something to help, which they did not, nor did they offer me compensation, just meaningless apologies.

Smooth flight, especially take off and landing, and great crew on board. Really loved the stroopwaffles!

Deplaning was delayed because of Jetbridge equipment issues in MKE, causing an issue on an otherwise great flight.

Not really their fault, but a 4.5 hour delay is pretty brutal

we were delayed going into and out of Newark Airport by 3-4 hours each way. Excuses/reasons given were misleading. Weather was cited at first when there was NO weather issue. Turns out Newark had a shortage of staff and runway construction. United knew this and should have NOT scheduled flights when they know we would be delayed so long. I will avoid United and EWR airport at all cost going forward. Delta never looked so good.

Stewardess spilled orange juice on my clothes/seat no help no apology just threw napkins at me to clean the mess up. Not Happy.

leg space better than expected. two washrooms for one plane isn't enough.

Pathetic check in experience at JFK. Everything is self check in. Not enough staff present to help with when the check in process or the kiosk gets stuck. Staff present not welcoming or pleasant at all. On the other hand the NY based flight crew was great. Courteous and friendly throughout the flight. Special meals leave a lot to be desired. Kids meals should be made available when kids are flying and same goes for special kids meals too.

Waited on the runway for takeoff for 2.5 hours. Air traffic rerouted us. The plane didn't have enough fuel, so had to go back to the gate. Had to wait for a new pilot. Should have landed at 5:22. Didn't land until 9:10. Trash flight.

There were five broken seats on the plane. The crew was very rude in telling people they had to get off the plane and get a flight the next day. No call for volunteers, but telling people they had to get off. One woman was flying with her elderly mother and daughter and was told she had to leave or all three had to leave. Fortunately, a volunteer offered to stay. The situation was handled poorly.

Delays on all NY flights. There was no communication on why but they didn’t say it was weather. Other carriers were not delayed.

Extraordinary service in business class, and very good breakfast and snacks. A really lovely flight.

They cancelled our flight without warning OR a refund. Never doing business with American Airlines again! This is the second AA booked trip in a row that we've had challenges with.

It was so bad it will be my last. Connecting flight gate agent closed the door in my face when i told her my husband is 30 seconds away (and we were running close/late because the preceding AA flight was slightly delayed. We had to be rebooked on a non-direct flight with an overnight layover in Phoenix. This is the worst experience ever and for no fault of our own. The flight we were trying to get on would not have been late if the gate agent allowed my husband to get there. It was senseless, cruel and very upsetting. I don’t understand why we were subjected to this.

I got bumped due to weight restrictions even tho there were empty seats on my flight. I got put on an other flight with a stopover. My flight that originally was going to take 5-6 hours ever up being 14+ hours and my luggage arrived to my destination without me because I was made to check in my luggage on my original flight when I was deemed ok to board only to be asked to deplane. Worst flight experience.

Flight cancelled. Added a day and a half to my travel. American Airlines DID put me in a hotel for two nights, but have not given any money back for any of this! I spent money on an apartment at my destination that I basically wasted because I could not arrive.

I was pleasantly surprised with an upgrade at boarding. I finally had a mostly gluten free food options and a very attentive attendant.

Worst flight experience ever flights canceled. JetBlue told us just did not even bother standing in line to come back in one and a half hours then without any information we had to go pick up all of our luggage and spend over $2000 in accommodation just to get home. JetBlue said that the next flight available for us to get home would be three days later. Absolutely absurd hasn’t offered to give us any compensation do not fly JetBlue horrible company. They said it was based on the weather and the weather is great in all locations that we would’ve been flying to total hoax. I think it’s a conspiracy theory.

flight was delayed for hours with no explanation. The plane was a very old aircraft.

The flight departed more than 1 hour late. Leg room is bigger than most airlines

Excellent. Although they used to greet me as a mosaic member and provide a free drink, early boarding helps me to keep coming back to JetBlue.

No music app working: no economy meal on five hour flight; hour on tarmac at the end waiting for a gate. Flight itself was smooth and easy.

Communication with the customer and stay is important. Staff off with a minor inconvenience but it worked out of course. Also this was a very old Mint Class plane. They snuck this one in on us. The updated aircraft are much better.

The flight itself was fine, but the boarding process was extremely frustrating. There is no one scanning boarding passes - passengers just scan themselves and enter the jetway. By the time my husband and I got on the plane and were halfway to our seats they determined there were too many bags on the plane and everything at that point needed to be checked. This created a lot of unnecessary chaos. They should have alerted people before getting on the plane that they would need to start checking bags instead of waiting until people were already on the plane.

In flight on demand didn't work at our seats. Only a single beverage/snack run.

Traveling with JetBlue from NYC was convenient as accessing JFK airport was straightforward via the LIRR to the AirTrain. Maneuvering through the terminal was hassle-free, which was a pleasant start to the journey. However, the flight experience itself left much to be desired. The seating arrangement was notably uncomfortable; despite securing a window seat, space felt cramped. This was exacerbated by the middle seat passenger encroaching on my area, which made the flight less enjoyable. Additionally, while the in-flight entertainment system initially seemed like a reprieve, the sound outlet on my seat was inoperable. This issue turned what could have been a manageable three-hour flight into a rather tedious ordeal, as I was unable to use the entertainment system effectively. While JetBlue provided a smooth process in terms of airport logistics, the on-board experience highlighted areas in need of improvement, particularly in terms of comfort and entertainment system maintenance.

Over 2 hour delay for a 50-minute flight is unacceptable, especially in normal weather. Very poor communication via app

What I expected, nickeled and dined and a frontier flight attendant loudly complained about her job and lack of communication as she headed to the gate on her cell phone. Not professional.

As every law enforcement agency I could imagine surrounded the plane and we didn’t disembark for 2 hours and then had to stick around for another hour to go get our personal belongings after leaving them behind and being bused away from the plane, it was scary and inconvenient. We were given no information as to why this was happening. Lack of communication with passengers was disappointing.

After boarding and un-boarding twice over 6+hours, the flight was canceled.

Severe turbulence. Captain never came on to reassure passengers after things settled down.

My first flight was delayed 5 hours. The 2nd flight was canceled til the next day and the never even tried to compensate for it. Worse I was delayed again on the flight the rebooked me on.

Boarding in Orlando was not good. Giant mob at the gate, should have been lines.

The worst. They don’t follow procedure for boarding per group. Flight got delayed for no understandably reasons, they changed our destination from PR to Miami, left us inside a plane for more than 8 hours, then cancelled flight in Miami leaving us stranded. Poorly managed re-accommodation for a new flight and overnight stay so I have to spend in a new ticket and my own hotel room to been able to get to my office next day. Lost 2 days of work and as a doctor, patients loosing their appointments. to other flights and besides

Decent clean onboard experience. Okay discount airline experience. Unfortunately, any customer service interactions are difficult and unhelpful. There is no service. Also, a premium seat only gets you premium boarding if you line up first. Once they start general boarding you must go to the back of the line. Not very premium

baggage clamed had to wait over a hour and half for all people on my flight it was terrible

The ticketing agents were rude but then we had a great gate agent very nice we had to ride a buss out to where the plane was parked but it was in some back corner of the airport when we got to the plane the captain who was great btw was cleaning the plane because the same rude ticketing agent told them they we not contracted to vacuum the plane. The ride to las Vegas was fine We had a connecting flight to Dallas. The flight was fine but when we arrived in Dallas everyone who flew on any frontier airlines the picked up bags from baggage claim D15 had to wait over a hour for their bags to start we arrived at 11:30pm ish to the gate we didn't leave the baggage clamed till 12:50 am very not happy and i used to fly frontier 4 times a week for work in Denver i will not be using them again

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