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Route Reliability

Richmond → Minneapolis

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

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 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 85% of the time across 511 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

3–6 PM has a slight edge.

Departures between 3–6 PM arrived on time 87% of the time, against 80% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

RIC–MSP flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 81%.

Trending in the right direction.

RIC–MSP flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon81%(77 flights)
  • Tue90%(80 flights)
  • Wed87%(78 flights)
  • Thu82%(78 flights)
  • Fri85%(75 flights)
  • Sat83%(52 flights)
  • Sun88%(64 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(336 flights)
  • 3–6 PM87%(46 flights)
  • 6–9 PM80%(121 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 78% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202578%51
July 202578%54
August 202582%56
September 202595%56
October 202597%57
November 202585%53
December 202563%27
January 202676%25
February 202696%24
March 202680%25
April 202692%26
May 202690%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.