The merger with US Airways announced today will make American Airlines the top carrier at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. According to current schedules and last year’s passenger counts, American and US Air have 32 percent of the RDU market, with 62 daily nonstop flights to 10 airports.

Delta will be RDU’s number-two carrier with a 27 percent share, followed by Southwest/AirTran at 24 percent, RDU says.

If airline executives focus their changes on eliminating duplicate American and US Air service, RDU travelers won’t notice much difference. The two carriers’ commuter partners, American Eagle and US Air Express, both offer flights from RDU to Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.

Otherwise, there’s no overlap in service at RDU. ... [MORE]

On a blustery day like this one, you'll want to check your flight status before you head to the airport. Now you can do that -- check for on-time or delayed arrivals and departures -- on the home page of Raleigh-Durham International Airport's new website.

RDU says its redesigned website has several improvements, including a new blog and a version designed for mobile phones (you'll find the link at the upper right corner of the main RDU page).

The most user-friendly feature is the real-time flight status info, placed prominently on the home page.  So you can see, for example, that UA4676 to Newark, with departure originally scheduled for 12:52pm today, now is expected to leave at 2pm.

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As a huge storm of snow and ice covers much of the Midwest and Northeast, more than 40 RDU flights to Chicago, New York and other cities have been scrubbed so far today.

Most of the cancellations posted online were scheduled before noon.

Expect more cancellations this morning and later in the day as snow and ice pile up on airport runways elsewhere in the country -- while the Triangle enjoys an unseasonably warm, damp day. The RDU temperature at 6:45 a.m. was 64 degrees.

Check your airline. Check RDU's flight status page.

Fifteen flights at RDU Airport were listed as canceled this evening, and more than 20 Wednesday morning flights also were scratched.

The affected destinations included New York, Chicago, Boston, Hartford, Detroit, St. Louis and Indianapolis.

Expect more cancellations as snow and ice pile up on airport runways in the Midwest and Northeast. Check your airline. Check RDU's flight status page.

Heaps of snow in the northeast caused airline delays and cancellations at Raleigh-Durham International Airport Wednesday night and Thursday morning, but most flight schedules returned to normal in the afternoon.

The snow forced the Carolina Hurricanes to spend the night on Long Island after their 4-2 victory over the New York Islanders Wednesday.

But they won’t be late to their own party – the NHL All-Star Game scheduled Sunday in the Canes’ RBC Center.  The team’s charter plane left Long Island's Republic Airport for RDU late Thursday morning.

It's snowing some more in the Northeast, and that's affecting flights in and out of RDU Airport.

At least 20 departing flights this morning have been scratched, mostly to Boston, Hartford, and the New York area.  Other affected destinations include Orlando and Washington.

Expect more cancellations. Check your airline. Check RDU's flight status page.

A few dozen flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport are canceled today, many to destinations in the northeast.

New York, Boston, Chicago and Washington Dulles are among the cities most affected by about 40 cancellations posted at flightstats.com. Atlanta also is affected. RDU's runways have stayed open during this week's icy weather.

Flights are landing this morning, and most flights are still scheduled to operate.

Expect more cancellations. Check your airline. Check RDU's flight status page.

Most airline flights this morning are cancelled in and out of Raleigh-Durham International Airport, but both runways are open and a few cargo and airline flights are landing.

About 75 departing flights have been cancelled. A Delta flight from Indianapolis and a Continental flight from Newark were diverted to other airports, but a US Airways flight from Dulles arrived on time at 7:45 a.m.  Several other inbound flights were listed as in flight at 9 a.m. [Updated 9:05 a.m.]

“If the freezing rain keeps falling, we may see more cancellations later this morning,” RDU spokeswoman Mindy Hamlin said. “There are some that are set to take off at 9 a.m.”

Airport crews worked overnight to clear snow and ice from runways. "We continue to treat them, and roadways and parking areas as well," she said.

The frozen weather has crippled airports across much of the south. Red dots on the flightstats.com page indicate similar airport woes across the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and northern Florida.

Expect more cancellations. Check your airline. Check RDU's flight status page.