Delta Air Lines RIC to ATL on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Richmond to Atlanta · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
89%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.1%
54 flights
Avg arrival delay
11 min
93 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 89% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on RIC to ATL arrived on time 89% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.1% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 89% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (49%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)49%
- Late-arriving aircraft24%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion23%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Other airlines on RIC to ATL
- Frontier Airlines64% on time · 41 min avg delay
Full RIC to ATL comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
2,605 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 54 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.