RDU — Local services in Morrisville

TL;DR: On Monday, I arrived at Raleigh-Durham International Airport at 9:23 AM for a 10:05 AM Delta flight to LaGuardia, NY. After enrolling in CLEAR on the spot, I passed through security by 9:33 AM and reached my gate (D10) at 9:35 AM. Boarding started 10-15 minutes late. In hindsight, I probably didn’t need CLEAR, but it provided peace of mind in case of long lines.

I had a flight departing at 10:05 AM on a Monday and was worried I might not have enough time to get through security. To prepare, I paid $200 to enroll in CLEAR while driving to the airport, and my wife completed my application.

I arrived at 9:23 AM and went straight to the CLEAR representatives. Despite signing up minutes earlier, they were professional and efficient. It only took about two minutes to scan my fingerprints, face, and eyes before they escorted me to the front of the security line. After showing my boarding pass to the TSA agent, I waited for a bin and proceeded through security. A notable change at security was being told to leave my laptop in my bag, which streamlined the process.

I cleared security by 9:33 AM and arrived at my gate (D10) at 9:35 AM, just as boarding was scheduled to begin. Boarding started about 10-15 minutes late, but everything went smoothly.

Looking back, I probably didn’t need CLEAR to make my flight as there wasn’t much of a line. However, it gave me peace of mind knowing it would’ve saved me significant time if the line had been long. Overall, a great experience, and I’d recommend CLEAR for anyone facing tight schedules or...

Can be confusing especially for first timers. No rules posted. Nothing to tell you how to pick up your party. We were in line at the curb to pick up. Our son was helping his wife put her luggage in the back of our ride, as she had just arrived. The security, or whatever he's called, kept hollering at my husband, who was in the driver's seat, to move on...he did it 3 times while he was walking toward us. Husband finally waved his hands and I hollered back that they are loading luggage. He looked at us real hateful and then proceeded to move on. I understand they have a job to do but they don't have to be rude. And what else were we supposed to do? She arrived, son got out to help with her luggage, they were loading for us to leave...he should have been able to see that because the back was up and they were at the back of the ride. But he was too focused on someone sitting in the...

This has always been an easy airport to work with. To out of towners, it's hard to navigate, if you know what you're doing you'll be fine they have at least 4 signs on 440 that say Raleigh Durham international not sure how one could be confused but beyond the vehement opposition from people who don't know what they're doing this place isn't too big and hard to navigate like other airports including clt tsa can be long on occasion but If you get here early enough and check in with your airline all will be well overall rdu has a decent amount of airlines and gates but it's not to the point of total anarchy it's not big but definitely not small just like the city...