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MIA vs RIC - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
MIA

Miami, FL

Miami, Florida

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Airport B
RIC

Richmond, VA

Richmond, Virginia

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric MIA RIC
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 77.9% 81.6%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 78.6 min 75.7 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 22.1% 18.4%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.02% 1.31%
Total Flights 1,160,127 203,348
Delayed Flights 256,336 37,432
Cancelled Flights 11,802 2,671
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

MIA - Miami, FL

Late Aircraft 37.5%
Carrier 35.8%
NAS 20.4%
Weather 5.9%
Security 0.3%

RIC - Richmond, VA

Late Aircraft 35.7%
Carrier 34.8%
NAS 25.1%
Weather 4.2%
Security 0.2%

Top Routes

Top routes from MIA

Route Flights On-Time
ATL → MIA
Miami
37,418 76.7%
MIA → ATL
Atlanta
37,400 76.9%
MIA → JFK
New York
30,548 73.1%
JFK → MIA
Miami
30,546 75.6%
LGA → MIA
Miami
30,353 76.9%
MIA → LGA
New York
30,316 75.4%

Top routes from RIC

Route Flights On-Time
ATL → RIC
Richmond
18,202 83.4%
RIC → ATL
Atlanta
18,198 88.4%
CLT → RIC
Richmond
14,584 78.9%
RIC → CLT
Charlotte
14,581 83%
LGA → RIC
Richmond
11,066 84%
RIC → LGA
New York
11,064 81.9%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.