$1,854 Find Cheap Flights from Sydney to Durham

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Cheap Flights from Sydney to Durham (SYD-RDU)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Sydney to Durham that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals from Sydney to Durham

Tue, 22 Jul - Thu, 31 Jul
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09:25 - 06:00SYD-RDU
34h 35m2 stops
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19:29 - 06:35RDU-SYD
21h 06m1 stop
$1,854Delta
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Wed, 23 Jul - Fri, 15 Aug
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16:20 - 06:00SYD-RDU
27h 40m2 stops
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07:00 - 07:05RDU-SYD
34h 05m1 stop
$1,867
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Sat, 26 Jul - Sat, 2 Aug
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09:25 - 20:33SYD-RDU
25h 08m1 stop
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07:45 - 06:35RDU-SYD
32h 50m1 stop
$1,930Delta
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Wed, 23 Jul - Fri, 15 Aug
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09:25 - 20:33SYD-RDU
25h 08m1 stop
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07:45 - 06:35RDU-SYD
32h 50m1 stop
$1,960Delta
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Sat, 26 Jul - Sat, 2 Aug
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08:55 - 06:53SYD-RDU
35h 58m2 stops
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20:07 - 06:20RDU-SYD
44h 13m2 stops
$2,123Japan Airlines
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Sat, 26 Jul - Sat, 2 Aug
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09:20 - 15:19SYD-RDU
43h 59m3 stops
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08:30 - 22:20RDU-SYD
47h 50m2 stops
$2,217Air Canada
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Sat, 26 Jul - Sat, 2 Aug
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09:30 - 21:55SYD-RDU
26h 25m3 stops
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17:01 - 07:00RDU-SYD
23h 59m2 stops
$2,252United Airlines
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Tue, 22 Jul - Thu, 31 Jul
United Airlines Logo
09:30 - 21:55SYD-RDU
26h 25m3 stops
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09:23 - 07:00RDU-SYD
31h 37m2 stops
$2,272United Airlines
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Tue, 22 Jul - Thu, 31 Jul
Air Canada Logo
09:20 - 15:19SYD-RDU
43h 59m3 stops
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16:00 - 07:20RDU-SYD
49h 20m3 stops
$3,079Air Canada
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Wed, 23 Jul - Fri, 15 Aug
Japan Airlines Logo
08:55 - 14:10SYD-RDU
43h 15m2 stops
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07:13 - 06:20RDU-SYD
33h 07m2 stops
$7,270Japan Airlines
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Low seasonAugust
High seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$1,854
Best time to beat the crowds (17% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (28% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights from Sydney to Durham

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FAQs for booking flights from Sydney to Durham

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Sydney to Durham?

    When flying out of Sydney you’ll be using Sydney Kingsford Smith. Durham does not have its own airport so you’ll be flying into nearby Raleigh-Durham airport, which is 16.2 km away.

  • How long does a flight from Sydney to Durham take?

    There are no direct flights covering the 24,934 km separating Sydney and Durham but indirect flights take around 20h 57m.

  • What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly between Sydney and Durham?

    Consider leaving on a Tuesday and avoid Saturdays if you're looking for the best rates. For your return to Sydney, you’ll find the best rates on Sundays and the most expensive ones on Thursdays.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Sydney to Durham?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Sydney to Durham.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Sydney to Durham?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Durham from Sydney is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Sydney to Durham?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Durham with an airline and back to Sydney with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Sydney to Durham?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Durham from Sydney up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Sydney to Durham?

    In the last 72 hours, the cheapest one-way ticket between Sydney and Durham found on KAYAK was with Japan Airlines for $5,032. Delta offered a return connection from $1,854 and Japan Airlines from $2,123.

Top tips for finding cheap flights from Sydney to Durham

  • There is no airport in Durham. Instead, you’ll be flying into Raleigh-Durham Airport when flying between Sydney and Durham.
  • The cheapest flight from Sydney to Durham was found 40 days before departure, on average.
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be November, December and January. The cheapest month to fly is August.

Top 3 airlines serving Sydney to Durham

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Sydney to Durham? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.5
Qantas AirwaysOverall score based on 854 reviews
6.9Food
7.1Entertainment
7.7Boarding
7.4Comfort
8.2Crew
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Traditional economy class. Not a full flight so spare seats. Food and drinks were good

10.0 ExcellentPeter, June 2025MEL - HKG
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Traditional economy class. Not a full flight so spare seats. Food and drinks were good

Was bumped to a later flight because of inefficiency on part of the airline.

Inflight entertainment, poor that there are no headrest screens on aircraft used for an international flight.

The Emerits/Qantas flight was cancelled to Wellington. We need a refund. Had to buy another airline ticket. How do we get the refund. Still not in Wellington.

Delayed QF59 flight once again, Qantas doesn't fail in maintaining there delayed departures and arrivals. USB points do not work nor do the power point sockets on the plane, Qantas staff admitted that on the flight. Don't expect to your charge devices. Saving grace, was the ice cream. Bottom line, if you expect to fly to HND and make it on time avoid Qantas and if you're interested in ice cream - visit 7/11.

Pretty excellent. I don’t know what the pilot could have done better with the bumping ( there was a storm) nor what happened to my ears coming down into bendigo. It doesn’t happen coming down into Sydney just the return flight. I wonder why?

Touch screens were very difficult to use, generally being laggy and unresponsive- it was quite an art to get it to play the thing you wanted rather than some thing at random. Selection of films and Tv was good when touchscreen decided to finally respond.

Their aircraft are old and amenities lack way behind other international carriers leaving from BNE. Even in economy

Airport and crew experience was excellent. We had to queue for the runway - no one’s fault, but it did mean we were 30 minutes late leaving

Overall good experience with flight and airport wheelchair staff. Also got Indian food in the flights

it was so bad. I tried to board my flight from vancouver to saskatoon. And to my surprise they did not board me cause the flight was changed and no email was send to me. and on my boarding pass which i got from seattle says different flight. I did not knew anyone from Vancouver, air canada crew was rude, i asked for today flight but they were rude and i had early morning dental appointment in saskatoon. I was so much in pain and my whole day is wasted today. and i suffered alot. They did provide me hotel but they did not provide me any food. I am really really disappointed first time had so bad experience with air canada. I may think twice to book it again. If i can get any reply or any composition that would be great. Thanks

It was fine, definitely older planes with no charging or anything. There’s no entertainment set up on board, but it is nice that they allow you to access the in flight entertainment from your phone without having to pay for the Wi-Fi and they do offer free texting.

Boarding was mayhem. Late boarding by 15 minutes because of lack of staff (missing 1 flight attendant. We had to wait for an arrival of another plane before we could board). Flight was a little rough, but cannot blame on airlines.

Impressed with the service despite turbulence because of the weather. Both flights arrived before their scheduled times.

Very comfortable (upgraded to business class). The audio on my screen didn’t work, but I managed to play the audio through my phone while watching the screen.

Great experience…left a bit behind schedule but made up fir that in the air and landed 10 minutes early 😁

I was supposed to be on business class at first class from Denver back to Miami due to weather changes. I missed my connection and it’s put on a flight to Fort Lauderdale. Instead of honoring my business class/1st class ticket, they put me in coach, but there were two first class seats open. I think it’s absolutely disgusting that I paid for first class $1300 ticket and they put me in economy and they had to open seats available and I have still not been refunded the difference. I ended up having to eat a snack box instead of the meal I was supposed to get and did not get home till 2 AM so I think that’s a little pathetic that I had to live off crackers for dinner And my poor dog ate some cheese and salami. Oh yes, apparently when they switched me to the new flight they forgot to mention I had a service dog

Excellent service despite turbulence during the flight. Flight attendants were remarkable!

Airbus plane, nice and polite staff, entertainment even as it was a short flight.

I liked that the flight was nonstop from ORD to CIU for $200 round trip.

Good flight, friendly crew and overall - good service on United Airlines.

Received email saying that there won’t be a seat back entertainment screen and inflight WiFi would be available. But no WiFi both ways. Say it in the email.

Somebody either kayak or Air Canada booked my flight under my preferred name Betty instead of my legal name and I almost was denied boarding my flight

flight landed late almost 1.00hr and we 4 passengers missed our connected flight to indianapolis, we need to get the hotel and taxi for the next day flight to home in indianapolis, cost us $ 300 more

Or the greatest and it ended up picking us up from Chicago to Toronto not sure who was tesponsible for the 4 hr delay. United should have been properly prepared for a scheduled flight from Austin to Chicago and they were not.

Good, only discomfort was consistent turbulence through the 3 hour flight. Not sure if in companies control though.

From the kind young lady (w/Vancouver air security) who expedited our check-in to U.S. Customs to the Air Canada gate crew who gave us pre-boarding, the flight attendants who actually offered a strong hand to help me board once I had surrendered my rolling walker at the door, they are all reflections of the thoughtful, genuinely helpful Canadians we have grown to appreciate. Water and other beverages were offered throughout the flight to make sure we weren't dehydrated and the cookie was great. (Husband bought the fruit & crackers snack,) I was delighted to see three movies that I would not have otherwise seen and appreciate that AC left the last film viewable until its conclusion although the flight had actually landed. Last, mahalo to the kind strong gentleman who not offered his hand to help me debark the plane, but gave me an AC pin that I'll truly treasure.

The ground staff was so rude in Toronto airport ...very rude and did not answer simple questions, and made me look like a fool. Very rude ground staff.

My flight got delayed 5 times and then got cancelled eventually, I had to get a hotel and uber and pay for food for an extra night without any plans. It was a horrible experience, instead of Air Canada, I was flying with United .

I had a nice flight with free wifi. So I was able to message family members and stream music during my flight, which made the trip go by fast. I also enjoyed flying on there Airbus A220. The plane looked very new and it also got up to speed fast down the runway and didn't need much runway to get airborne.

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