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Route Reliability

Richmond → Atlanta

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

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
88%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min early
Average arrival delay
2.0%
Cancelled
2,707
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines89% 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.

RIC–ATL flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 77% between 6–9 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

RIC–ATL flights arrived on time 93% of the time on Wednesdays. On Mondays: 84%.

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
  • Mon84%(407 flights)
  • Tue87%(363 flights)
  • Wed93%(356 flights)
  • Thu91%(408 flights)
  • Fri88%(407 flights)
  • Sat88%(303 flights)
  • Sun86%(404 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(343 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(655 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(362 flights)
  • 12–3 PM91%(381 flights)
  • 3–6 PM87%(531 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(376 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 80% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%235
July 202579%253
August 202588%224
September 202595%209
October 202592%229
November 202589%207
December 202586%225
January 202692%195
February 202694%187
March 202685%222
April 202691%228
May 202689%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.