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RIC vs IAH - 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
RIC

Richmond, VA

Richmond, Virginia

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Airport B
IAH

Houston, TX

Houston, Texas

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric RIC IAH
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 81.6% 81.6%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 75.7 min 79.8 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 18.4% 18.4%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.31% 1.13%
Total Flights 203,348 1,404,392
Delayed Flights 37,432 258,419
Cancelled Flights 2,671 15,858
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Carrier

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

RIC - Richmond, VA

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

IAH - Houston, TX

Carrier 38.4%
Late Aircraft 34.9%
NAS 18.1%
Weather 8.6%
Security 0.0%

Top Routes

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%

Top routes from IAH

Route Flights On-Time
IAH → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
30,197 76.6%
DFW → IAH
Houston
30,188 76.3%
IAH → LAX
Los Angeles
28,113 83.4%
LAX → IAH
Houston
28,102 86.2%
IAH → DEN
Denver
27,947 80%
IAH → ORD
Chicago
27,946 81%

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.