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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → Richmond

PHL–RIC · 198 miles · Philadelphia International Airport to Richmond International Airport

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
1,877
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 77% of the time across 1,877 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

PHL–RIC flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 66% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Saturday if you can.

PHL–RIC flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Wednesdays. On Saturdays: 73%.

Trending in the right direction.

PHL–RIC flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(267 flights)
  • Tue81%(254 flights)
  • Wed81%(269 flights)
  • Thu76%(262 flights)
  • Fri75%(267 flights)
  • Sat73%(246 flights)
  • Sun76%(269 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(312 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(195 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(275 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(378 flights)
  • 6–9 PM74%(361 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM73%(313 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 57% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202557%151
July 202561%142
August 202582%176
September 202590%158
October 202577%175
November 202582%141
December 202564%134
January 202672%137
February 202679%130
March 202670%154
April 202691%169
May 202689%167

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Based on 1,877 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.