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Airport Reliability

RIC · Richmond

Richmond International Airport

79%
Departures within 15 minutes
15 min
Average departure delay
75%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
2.8%
Departures cancelled

Based on 26,691 departures and 26,691 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from RIC departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 66% between 6–9 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

Departures from RIC arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays. On Mondays: 76%.

Ticking up lately.

Departures from RIC arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% in the three months before that.

When RIC gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(843 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(8247 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(4062 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(3936 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(4635 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(4051 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM70%(99 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(3842 flights)
  • Tue81%(3595 flights)
  • Wed83%(3579 flights)
  • Thu79%(3901 flights)
  • Fri77%(3906 flights)
  • Sat79%(3220 flights)
  • Sun76%(3830 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 74% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%2197
July 202572%2229
August 202580%2228
September 202585%2123
October 202580%2339
November 202579%2183
December 202568%2161
January 202680%1864
February 202683%1838
March 202677%2176
April 202685%2228
May 202683%2307

Airlines departing RIC

Busiest routes from RIC

Based on 26,691 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.