The Raleigh area is served by the Raleigh-Durham (RDU) international airport.

All major national airlines fly to the airport and there is one direct flight from London (UK).

NCSU North Campus and the hotels are reachable by taxi from the terminal in approximately 15 minutes. The average price of a taxi ride from the airport is $35.

Triangle transit has recently opened a bus service between Research Triangle Park (RTP) and downtown Raleigh that stops at the airport. The bus ride takes approximately half an hour, the fare is $2, and it stops very close to the DoubleTree hotel (the stop is called Hillsborough at Forest). The bus operates during week days between 6:40am and 10:40pm (from the Airport, weekday schedule) and from 6am to 9:40pm (to the Airport, weekday schedule). A limited service is available on Saturday (schedules to the Airport and from the Airport). No service is provided on Sunday.