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Airport · RIC · Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, VA

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Richmond, VA (RIC) ranks #71 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Richmond, VA posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

81.6%
On-time
Top 71%
on-time, US airports
76 min
Delay when late
1.31%
Cancelled
#71 of 382
Corpus placement
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RIC on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%81.6%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 1,339,913.

Late Aircraft 35.7% (479,007 min)
Carrier 34.8% (465,684 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 25.1% (335,781 min)
Weather 4.2% (56,113 min)
Security 0.2% (3,328 min)

RIC - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (93.7%) · worst: July (88.3%)

88%90%92%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 89.9%

RIC - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 95.9% 89.5% ▼ -6.7%

RIC - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 17 min · taxi-in 7.1 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min Jan 24Dec 25 18.1 min 21.6 min ▲ +19.3%

RIC's average taxi-out (17 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 14.9 min (March 2025) to 21.6 min (December 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Richmond, VA.

Cancellation Rate

1.31%

2,671 of 203,348 flights

Diversion Rate

0.10%

213 of 203,348 flights

Delay Rate

18.4%

37,432 of 203,348 flights

Top Routes from RIC

Busiest routes to and from Richmond, VA.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ATL (Atlanta) → RIC (Richmond) 18,202 83.4% 481 mi
RIC (Richmond) → ATL (Atlanta) 18,198 88.4% 481 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → RIC (Richmond) 14,584 78.9% 257 mi
RIC (Richmond) → CLT (Charlotte) 14,581 83% 257 mi
LGA (New York) → RIC (Richmond) 11,066 84% 292 mi
RIC (Richmond) → LGA (New York) 11,064 81.9% 292 mi
BOS (Boston) → RIC (Richmond) 8,963 80.9% 474 mi
RIC (Richmond) → BOS (Boston) 8,961 82.6% 474 mi
RIC (Richmond) → ORD (Chicago) 6,126 83% 642 mi
ORD (Chicago) → RIC (Richmond) 6,028 78.3% 642 mi
RIC (Richmond) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 5,404 78.2% 1,158 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → RIC (Richmond) 5,401 76.4% 1,158 mi
DTW (Detroit) → RIC (Richmond) 4,954 84.5% 456 mi
RIC (Richmond) → DTW (Detroit) 4,952 86% 456 mi
RIC (Richmond) → MCO (Orlando) 4,874 72.1% 667 mi
MCO (Orlando) → RIC (Richmond) 4,873 74.5% 667 mi
RIC (Richmond) → JFK (New York) 4,633 85.5% 288 mi
JFK (New York) → RIC (Richmond) 4,630 84.3% 288 mi
FLL (Fort Lauderdale) → RIC (Richmond) 4,311 71.5% 805 mi
RIC (Richmond) → FLL (Fort Lauderdale) 4,309 80.9% 805 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Richmond, VA, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 81.6%).

Houston, TX

Houston, TX

81.6% on-time 1,404,392 flights

Raleigh/Durham, NC

Raleigh/Durham, NC

81.6% on-time 616,332 flights

Sioux Falls, SD

Sioux Falls, SD

81.6% on-time 83,262 flights

Birmingham, AL

Birmingham, AL

81.5% on-time 178,467 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 203,348).

Savannah, GA

Savannah, GA

204,730 flights 80.9% on-time

Spokane, WA

Spokane, WA

205,595 flights 84.4% on-time

Tucson, AZ

Tucson, AZ

200,641 flights 83.8% on-time

Grand Rapids, MI

Grand Rapids, MI

195,613 flights 81.9% on-time

Other Airports in Virginia

Compare performance with other Virginia airports.

DCA 80.8%

Washington, DC

Washington · 1,425,060 flights
IAD 84.1%

Washington, DC

Washington · 618,145 flights
ORF 81.6%

Norfolk, VA

Norfolk · 231,501 flights
CHO 85.5%

Charlottesville, VA

Charlottesville · 31,578 flights
ROA 83.2%

Roanoke, VA

Roanoke · 25,454 flights
PHF 88.1%

Newport News/Williamsburg, VA

Newport News/Williamsburg · 4,730 flights
SHD 84.7%

Staunton, VA

Staunton · 4,017 flights
LYH 86.5%

Lynchburg, VA

Lynchburg · 2,116 flights

RIC delay-share reading

The standout signal at Richmond, VA is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 35.7% of 1,339,913 delay minutes across 203,348 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 81.6% (2.6 pts above the 79% national average), with 37,432 delayed and 2,671 cancelled (1.31%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (35.7% late-aircraft, 34.8% carrier, 25.1% NAS, 4.2% weather, 0.2% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, RIC is strongest in September (93.7% on-time) and weakest in July (88.3%), a 5.4-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~3,010 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ATL (Atlanta) at 83.4% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Virginia: Virginia flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using RIC's data

RIC's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from RIC before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 17 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.