Delta Air Lines ATL to RIC on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Atlanta to Richmond · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
82%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.0%
51 flights
Avg arrival delay
11 min
57 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 81% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on ATL to RIC arrived on time 82% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 81% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (57%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)57%
- Late-arriving aircraft26%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion14%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ATL to RIC
- Frontier Airlines64% on time · 25 min avg delay
Full ATL to RIC comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
2,605 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 51 cancelled, 7 diverted.
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.