Route Reliability
Denver → Richmond
DEN–RIC · 1,481 miles · Denver International Airport to Richmond International Airport
- 69%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 17 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.8%
- Cancelled
- 724
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.United Airlines71%374 flights
- 2.Southwest Airlines61%297 flights
Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (53 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.
What the data says
The 3–6 PM departure wins.
DEN–RIC flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 71% of the time, versus 46% between 6–9 PM.
Friday is doing you no favors.
DEN–RIC flights arrived on time 74% of the time on Sundays. On Fridays: 64%.
United Airlines runs this route best.
United Airlines arrived on time 71% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 61%.
Recent months have been rougher.
DEN–RIC flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% in the three months before that.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon68%(100 flights)
- Tue71%(92 flights)
- Wed70%(86 flights)
- Thu68%(120 flights)
- Fri64%(102 flights)
- Sat65%(89 flights)
- Sun74%(125 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM71%(172 flights)
- 12–3 PM67%(116 flights)
- 3–6 PM71%(374 flights)
- 6–9 PM46%(52 flights)
Jun 42% → May 72% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 42% | 59 |
| July 2025 | 33% | 61 |
| August 2025 | 58% | 60 |
| September 2025 | 64% | 59 |
| October 2025 | 79% | 65 |
| November 2025 | 78% | 58 |
| December 2025 | 80% | 55 |
| January 2026 | 82% | 45 |
| February 2026 | 87% | 52 |
| March 2026 | 77% | 64 |
| April 2026 | 79% | 62 |
| May 2026 | 72% | 74 |
Keep nerding
Based on 724 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.