Richmond International in August 2023

78.5%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,656 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 78.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 72.3% of the time (1,656 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 78.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.9%
Cancelled 2.3%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from RIC in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	78.5%	—	76.3%	76.7%
Arrived on time	78.6%	—	75.9%	76.9%
Cancelled	2.3%	—	2.9%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.6 min	—	18.1 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	55	—	53	20,100
Scheduled departures	1,656	—	19,241	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	338	20%	76.6%	15.1 min	2.1%
9E Endeavor Air	274	17%	86.9%	-2.3 min	1.8%
YX Republic Airline	266	16%	87.2%	-5.0 min	1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	208	13%	80.3%	13.5 min	2.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	151	9%	59.6%	20.2 min	7.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	145	9%	80.0%	11.5 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	124	7%	83.9%	1.2 min	1.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	93	6%	62.4%	20.5 min	3.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	36	2%	75.0%	10.7 min	2.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	19	1%	52.6%	28.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	2	0%	50.0%	15.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RIC–ATL	Richmond to Atlanta	286	79.7%	13.5 min	2.1%
RIC–LGA	Richmond to New York	220	86.8%	-0.6 min	2.3%
RIC–CLT	Richmond to Charlotte	216	77.8%	14.9 min	3.2%
RIC–BOS	Richmond to Boston	174	74.1%	8.1 min	2.9%
RIC–DFW	Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	71.0%	19.0 min	0.0%
RIC–JFK	Richmond to New York	93	95.7%	-15.2 min	0.0%
RIC–DTW	Richmond to Detroit	89	80.9%	9.7 min	2.2%
RIC–ORD	Richmond to Chicago	66	86.4%	-6.1 min	3.0%
RIC–DEN	Richmond to Denver	62	77.4%	4.7 min	0.0%
RIC–FLL	Richmond to Fort Lauderdale	62	71.0%	19.0 min	3.2%
RIC–MCO	Richmond to Orlando	62	25.8%	45.8 min	9.7%
RIC–MDW	Richmond to Chicago	56	80.4%	7.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	37.4%	36.7%	10,280
Late-arriving aircraft	39.6%	42.2%	10,878
National Aviation System	19.8%	15.7%	5,441
Extreme weather	3.2%	5.1%	872
Security	0.1%	0.2%	25

27,496 delay minutes on 313 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left RIC on time in August 2023?

78.5% of 1,656 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for RIC · methodology · corrections.