Richmond International in September 2023

81.9%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,594 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.4% reached their destination on time; 2.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 77.1% of the time (1,594 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, national aviation system 32% and air carrier 27%.

On time 80.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.8%
Cancelled 2.7%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	81.9%	—	76.3%	80.5%
Arrived on time	80.4%	—	75.9%	80.1%
Cancelled	2.7%	—	2.9%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.1 min	—	18.1 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	53	—	53	18,978
Scheduled departures	1,594	—	19,241	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	293	18%	80.9%	7.6 min	0.3%
9E Endeavor Air	266	17%	78.2%	2.7 min	5.6%
YX Republic Airline	236	15%	78.0%	-0.9 min	9.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	199	12%	92.0%	-4.0 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	162	10%	87.7%	-1.1 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	141	9%	72.3%	18.5 min	2.1%
UA United Airlines	121	8%	86.0%	3.3 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	78	5%	62.8%	22.1 min	1.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	59	4%	78.0%	2.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	25	2%	88.0%	-7.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	14	1%	28.6%	33.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RIC–ATL	Richmond to Atlanta	283	92.2%	-4.1 min	0.0%
RIC–LGA	Richmond to New York	201	74.6%	7.4 min	9.5%
RIC–CLT	Richmond to Charlotte	184	79.9%	3.5 min	0.5%
RIC–BOS	Richmond to Boston	152	67.1%	12.8 min	6.6%
RIC–JFK	Richmond to New York	90	77.8%	1.5 min	8.9%
RIC–DEN	Richmond to Denver	86	87.2%	5.6 min	0.0%
RIC–ORD	Richmond to Chicago	85	84.7%	-2.8 min	0.0%
RIC–DTW	Richmond to Detroit	80	87.5%	-6.6 min	0.0%
RIC–DFW	Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth	79	79.7%	22.1 min	0.0%
RIC–FLL	Richmond to Fort Lauderdale	60	81.7%	1.1 min	0.0%
RIC–MCO	Richmond to Orlando	60	58.3%	44.0 min	0.0%
RIC–MDW	Richmond to Chicago	52	78.8%	3.4 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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	26.6%	36.4%	5,171
Late-arriving aircraft	38.4%	38.3%	7,468
National Aviation System	32.1%	19.9%	6,251
Extreme weather	2.9%	5.1%	556
Security	0.0%	0.2%	5

19,451 delay minutes on 267 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 September 2023?

81.9% of 1,594 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.