Durham 2008 Official Visitors Guide - Where Good Things Happen - (Page 55) TRANSPORTATION More than half of the U.S. population lives within a day’s drive or an hour’s flight from Durham. Interstates 40 and 85—plus U.S. Highways 15, 70, and 501—connect the rest of the country to Durham. Downtown Durham’s Amtrak station serves passengers traveling both the Piedmont (Charlotte to Durham to Raleigh) and Carolinian (Charlotte to Durham to New York City) routes. RDU International Airport ranks as one of the nation’s fastest-growing airports, serving over 10 million passengers in 2007. RDU is located midway between the cities of Durham and Raleigh, which co-own the airport along with the counties of Durham and Wake. It’s a mere two miles from Southeast Durham and only 12 miles from Downtown Durham. Durham is also served by intercity and intra-regional bus systems, and Durham’s transit system, taxi companies, shuttle services, and rental car agencies provide post-arrival options for visitor transportation. Transportation Index Airlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Airlines – Air Charter . . . . . . . . . . .55 Charter Bus Services . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Intercity Buses – Scheduled . . . . . . .56 Intracity Public Transit . . . . . . . . . .56 Limousine Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Other Travel Services . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Rental Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Taxicabs & Airport Shuttles . . . . . .57 Tour/Guide Services . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Trains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Area code for phone numbers is 919 unless otherwise indicated. RDU/DCVB TRANSPORTATION Key Located at RDU Airport Air Canada (888) 247-2262, www.aircanada.ca Southwest Airlines (800) 435-9792, www.southwest.com AirTran Airways � Mobile phones available (800) 247-8726, www.airtran.com United Airlines and United Express (800) 864-8331, www.united.com j � Complimentary hotel pickup/delivery Accessible to people with disabilities American Airlines/American Eagle (800) 433-7300, www.aa.com US Airways and US Airways Express (800) 428-4322, www.usairways.com Continental Airlines/Continental Express (800) 523-3273, www.continental.com (800) 221-1212, www.delta.com AIRLINES AIR CHARTER Carolina Barnstormers 4340 E Geer St, Lake Ridge Aero Park, 608-0181, www.carolinabarnstormers.com Experience Durham in a different way from the open cockpit of pilot Mike Ratty’s bi-plane. Take a flightseeing tour of such Durham sights as Downtown, Research Triangle Park, the campuses of Duke and North Carolina Central universities, and Falls Lake. Twenty-five-minute or hour-long flightseeing tours for two available. Delta Air Lines/Delta Connections AIRLINES RDU International Airport 1600 Terminal Blvd, I-40 at Exit 284B, 840-7700, www.rdu.com Durham is served by RDU International Airport, located on the western edge of Wake County and co-owned by the cities of Durham and Raleigh and the counties of Durham and Wake. RDU is served by nine major carriers and 18 regional carriers, totaling more than 400 flights daily. 55 www.durham-nc.com Express Jet JetBlue (866) 958-3932, www.xjet.com 538-2583, www.jetblue.com Midwest Airlines 452-2022, www.midwestairlines.com Northwest Airlines (800) 225-2525, www.nwa.com http://www.southwest.com http://www.aircanada.ca http://www.airtran.com http://www.united.com http://www.aa.com http://www.usairways.com http://www.continental.com http://www.delta.com http://www.carolinabarnstormers.com http://www.xjet.com http://www.durham-nc.com http://www.rdu.com http://www.jetblue.com http://www.midwestairlines.com http://www.nwa.com
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