RTA has an ongoing regional campaign to support federal funding to replace, relocate, and lengthen the primary runway (5L-32R) at RDU.
Action. RTA members and partners can join the campaign by sending a support letter to USDOT, requesting federal funding to replace the primary runway at RDU International Airport.
Download a simplified support letter template here.
Partners. RTA and our member chambers are working in concert with the Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina and the Central Pines Regional Council on this ongoing effort.
Background. Identifying sustainable funding for essential growth at RDU Airport is the top transportation priority of the regional business community.
The current campaign for a new, longer primary runway is a follow-up to a RTA task force that examined capital funding challenges at RDU. The 2021 RTA task force report highlighted the need for the replacement and relocation of the primary runway.
Resources
RTA runway support letter template
RDU presentation on airport infrastructure
– January 10, 2024
FAA approves new, longer primary runway
– RDU press release, April 20, 2022
RTA update on campaign for new runway
– February 24, 2022
RDU presentation on airport infrastructure
– February 23, 2022
