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Route Reliability

Minneapolis → Richmond

MSP–RIC · 969 miles · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Richmond International Airport

74
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
511
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 73% of the time across 511 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Departure time hasn't mattered much.

On-time rates stay between 73% and 73% across the day.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MSP–RIC flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Tuesdays and just 68% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon73%(79 flights)
  • Tue83%(78 flights)
  • Wed72%(78 flights)
  • Thu73%(77 flights)
  • Fri69%(77 flights)
  • Sat72%(36 flights)
  • Sun68%(78 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM73%(168 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(7 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(328 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 67% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%51
July 202570%53
August 202573%56
September 202566%56
October 202586%57
November 202585%54
December 202558%26
January 202676%25
February 202674%23
March 202662%26
April 202662%26
May 202680%50

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Based on 511 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.