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  "response": {
    "Key": "RDU-AW",
    "orig": {
      "code": "RDU",
      "type": "airport",
      "city": "Raleigh",
      "fullCity": "Raleigh, North Carolina",
      "airport": "Raleigh Durham Intl Airport"
    },
    "dest": {
      "code": "AW",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "Aruba"
    },
    "faq": {
      "q0": {
        "question": "Which cities in Aruba can I fly to from Raleigh?",
        "answer": "Aruba has only one commercial airport, Queen Beatrix International Airport, near Oranjestad. From Raleigh you can connect through Charlotte, Miami or Atlanta. Non-stop flights from the U.S. are available from several East Coast hubs, but not directly from Raleigh."
      },
      "q1": {
        "question": "How long is the flight from Raleigh to Aruba?",
        "answer": "From Raleigh to Aruba, non-stop flights operate seasonally and take about 4 hours. Most itineraries require one stop and run 6 to 8 hours total, with westbound returns sometimes a bit shorter due to tailwinds."
      },
      "q2": {
        "question": "Are there direct flights from Raleigh to Aruba?",
        "answer": "There are no non-stop flights from Raleigh to Aruba. The most common one-stop routings connect through Charlotte, Miami, Atlanta, or New York, with total travel times typically ranging from about 6 to 9 hours depending on the layover."
      },
      "q3": {
        "question": "Which airlines fly from Raleigh to Aruba?",
        "answer": "From Raleigh to Aruba you can fly American, Delta, United, JetBlue and Southwest, often connecting through hubs like Charlotte, Atlanta or Miami."
      },
      "q4": {
        "question": "When is the cheapest time to fly from Raleigh to Aruba?",
        "answer": "The cheapest months to fly from Raleigh to Aruba are May, June, and April, with late spring and early summer offering the lowest fares before the peak summer and holiday surges. Booking 9–12 weeks ahead typically yields the best prices, and departing on a Sunday or in the afternoon tends to be cheaper than other days and times, while Saturdays and midweek flights are often pricier. Peak summer, late fall, and the December holidays are usually more expensive.",
        "methodology": "This 'good deal' estimate shows a representative best price for each departure date across roughly a 12-month window (about 3 months back and 9 months forward). It is built from real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, accumulated into a price history for each departure date. Rather than weighting all of that history equally, we apply exponential time decay so recent prices dominate — a price seen yesterday counts almost in full, one from about a month ago roughly a third, and prices from a few months back very little — giving a figure that tracks today's market instead of a stale long-run average. Clear price outliers are removed before any calculation, departure dates with no observations are filled in from nearby dates, and the resulting curve is lightly smoothed so it reads as a clean seasonal trend rather than day-to-day noise. This booking-window guidance is built from the same real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, re-grouped by how many days before departure each price was seen (from the departure day out to about 180 days ahead) across the route's price history. At each booking lead time we report the 25th-percentile price — the cheaper end of what travelers were quoted, rather than the rock-bottom minimum (which can be a fluke) or the average (which is pulled up by expensive last-minute fares). The buy-or-wait advice then applies a risk premium that grows as departure approaches, since seat availability shrinks and prices become less predictable; using that adjusted curve we flag windows where waiting is likely to save a meaningful amount (at least $20 or 5%) versus windows where booking now is the better call. Isolated single-day recommendations are filtered out, so the advice only reflects a window that holds for several days in a row. The cheapest day of the week and time of day to depart are drawn from the same large sample of real fares Priceline users found on this route in the last 72 hours, grouped by the day of the week and by the time-of-day window of the outbound departure, with the lowest and average price reported for each."
      },
      "q5": {
        "question": "How far in advance should I book flights from Raleigh to Aruba?",
        "answer": "For flights from Raleigh to Aruba, the optimal booking window is about 9 to 12 weeks before departure, when fares average around $544.",
        "methodology": "This booking-window guidance is built from the same real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, re-grouped by how many days before departure each price was seen (from the departure day out to about 180 days ahead) across the route's price history. At each booking lead time we report the 25th-percentile price — the cheaper end of what travelers were quoted, rather than the rock-bottom minimum (which can be a fluke) or the average (which is pulled up by expensive last-minute fares). The buy-or-wait advice then applies a risk premium that grows as departure approaches, since seat availability shrinks and prices become less predictable; using that adjusted curve we flag windows where waiting is likely to save a meaningful amount (at least $20 or 5%) versus windows where booking now is the better call. Isolated single-day recommendations are filtered out, so the advice only reflects a window that holds for several days in a row."
      },
      "q6": {
        "question": "What are the most popular cities to visit in Aruba?",
        "answer": "In Aruba, Oranjestad is the colorful capital with shopping and dining, Noord offers resorts and access to Palm Beach, and San Nicolas is known for street art and local culture."
      },
      "q8": {
        "question": "Which airports in Aruba are best to fly into from Raleigh?",
        "answer": "Aruba has one international airport, Queen Beatrix International, which handles all flights from the U.S. including Raleigh. It is the only gateway, so your choice is straightforward, and it is close to most resorts and beaches."
      },
      "q12": {
        "question": "When is the best time of year to visit Aruba?",
        "answer": "Aruba lies outside the hurricane belt, so weather is consistently sunny year-round. For a balance of good weather and reasonable prices, visit from mid-April through June, when the high-season crowds thin out but conditions remain dry and warm."
      },
      "q13": {
        "question": "How do I get to Raleigh Durham Intl Airport from the city center?",
        "answer": "From downtown Raleigh, GoTriangle Route 100 provides a direct public bus to RDU with frequent service, while GoTriangle also offers a shuttle from Durham. Ride-share services like Uber and Lyft are popular and pick up at designated zones outside each terminal, with taxis also available at walk-up stands. Driving and parking on-site is straightforward with multiple lots and garages, though ride-sharing or the bus is often the most popular and cost-effective choice for solo travelers.",
        "toolsUsed": [
          "article_lookup"
        ],
        "references": [
          {
            "url": "https://rdu.com/ground-transportation",
            "title": "Ground Transportation - Raleigh-Durham International Airport",
            "time_published": "2026-02-25T20:46:41Z"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.rdu.com/ground-transportation/taxis/",
            "title": "Taxis - Raleigh-Durham International Airport",
            "time_published": "2026-02-25T20:46:04Z"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh%E2%80%93Durham%20International%20Airport",
            "title": "Raleigh–Durham International Airport",
            "time_published": "2026-04-26T04:10:45Z"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh-Durham_International_Airport",
            "title": "Raleigh–Durham International Airport - Wikipedia",
            "time_published": "2003-07-14T02:56:33Z"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-seeks-public-input-runway-project-proposal-raleigh-durham-airport",
            "title": "FAA Seeks Public Input on Runway Project Proposal at Raleigh-Durham Airport",
            "time_published": "2023-02-02T00:00:00Z"
          }
        ],
        "methodology": "Airport details are drawn from the sources listed with this answer, primarily the airport operator's official website along with airline, lounge-operator and transit-authority pages, collected by our research process and refreshed periodically. Only information found in those sources is used; where a source does not cover a topic it is left out rather than guessed."
      }
    }
  }
}