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Route Reliability

Atlanta → Richmond

ATL–RIC · 481 miles · Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Richmond International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
2.0%
Cancelled
2,707
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines81% on time · 2,638 flights
  • Frontier Airlines64% on time · 69 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ATL–RIC flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 71% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ATL–RIC flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Wednesdays and just 72% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(410 flights)
  • Tue81%(363 flights)
  • Wed88%(355 flights)
  • Thu85%(407 flights)
  • Fri78%(407 flights)
  • Sat82%(303 flights)
  • Sun72%(399 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(304 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(398 flights)
  • 12–3 PM89%(468 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(574 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(385 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM72%(515 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 68% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%236
July 202568%247
August 202578%226
September 202583%209
October 202582%229
November 202586%207
December 202576%226
January 202686%195
February 202692%187
March 202677%220
April 202687%228
May 202682%234

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Based on 2,707 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.