Richmond International Airport (RIC) delays & on-time performance
Richmond, Virginia · 23 nonstop destinations · 12 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at RIC right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.9%
556 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
81 min when late
Departed on time
79%
avg taxi-out 17 min
Figures cover 19,241 departures from RIC; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into RIC were on time 75% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Richmond International Airport (RIC) arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, in line with the national average.
- 2.9% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (89% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (71%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (93% on time); around 8pm did worst (63%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (37%).
Most delayed routes from RIC
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DEN · Denver71%791 flts
- MCO · Orlando71%1,188 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth72%1,078 flts
- EWR · Newark72%562 flts
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale73%808 flts
- LGA · New York73%2,278 flts
- BWI · Baltimore76%729 flts
- MDW · Chicago77%413 flts
- BNA · Nashville77%467 flts
- BOS · Boston78%1,696 flts
Most reliable routes from RIC
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ATL · Atlanta89%2,674 flts
- DTW · Detroit86%650 flts
- CLT · Charlotte83%2,470 flts
- MIA · Miami81%585 flts
- ORD · Chicago78%2,216 flts
- BOS · Boston78%1,696 flts
- BNA · Nashville77%467 flts
- MDW · Chicago77%413 flts
- BWI · Baltimore76%729 flts
- LGA · New York73%2,278 flts
Best airline at RIC
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 89% | 1.9% | 10 min | 3 | 2,874 |
| United Airlines | 83% | 1.7% | 12 min | 3 | 781 |
| Envoy Air | 82% | 3.4% | 12 min | 4 | 582 |
| American Airlines | 80% | 2.0% | 19 min | 3 | 3,451 |
| Republic Airways | 77% | 4.8% | 19 min | 9 | 4,914 |
| PSA Airlines | 76% | 2.0% | 19 min | 2 | 552 |
| JetBlue | 75% | 3.1% | 22 min | 4 | 2,065 |
| Southwest Airlines | 73% | 1.1% | 17 min | 5 | 2,149 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 71% | 3.8% | 31 min | 6 | 1,104 |
| Frontier Airlines | 67% | 1.2% | 29 min | 3 | 163 |
| Allegiant Air | 66% | 1.1% | 24 min | 3 | 180 |
| Spirit Airlines | 61% | 4.2% | 33 min | 3 | 426 |
Best time to fly out of RIC
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am93%782 flts
- 6am86%3,254 flts
- 7am86%1,209 flts
- 8am86%1,208 flts
- 9am87%504 flts
- 10am86%1,294 flts
- 11am80%1,094 flts
- 12pm84%1,203 flts
- 1pm77%1,026 flts
- 2pm77%643 flts
- 3pm70%1,305 flts
- 4pm68%739 flts
- 5pm68%1,484 flts
- 6pm67%1,559 flts
- 7pm66%1,398 flts
- 8pm63%455 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft37%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion26%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.