Route Reliability
New York → Richmond
JFK–RIC · 288 miles · John F. Kennedy International Airport to Richmond International Airport
- 82%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 1 min
- Average arrival delay
- 5.3%
- Cancelled
- 980
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 980 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
JFK–RIC flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 69% between 3–6 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
JFK–RIC flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Wednesdays and just 73% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Keep a backup plan handy.
This route was cancelled 5.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.
Trending in the right direction.
JFK–RIC flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% in the three months before that.
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
- Mon78%(134 flights)
- Tue84%(131 flights)
- Wed88%(132 flights)
- Thu80%(128 flights)
- Fri83%(138 flights)
- Sat85%(135 flights)
- Sun73%(129 flights)
- 6–9 AM95%(114 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM86%(233 flights)
- 12–3 PM79%(315 flights)
- 3–6 PM69%(32 flights)
- 6–9 PM72%(46 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM76%(187 flights)
Jun 73% → May 83% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 73% | 78 |
| July 2025 | 82% | 79 |
| August 2025 | 93% | 91 |
| September 2025 | 92% | 88 |
| October 2025 | 84% | 90 |
| November 2025 | 80% | 85 |
| December 2025 | 65% | 80 |
| January 2026 | 82% | 55 |
| February 2026 | 74% | 53 |
| March 2026 | 78% | 60 |
| April 2026 | 85% | 78 |
| May 2026 | 83% | 90 |
Same trip, other airports
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Based on 980 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.