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Airport month · October 2023

Richmond International in October 2023

85.9%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,627 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 85.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.9% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 85.1% of the time (1,628 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 16%.

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

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

MeasureOct 2023Year earlierRIC, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time85.9%—76.3%83.8%
Arrived on time85.9%—75.9%84.0%
Cancelled0.1%—2.9%0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)10.1 min—18.1 min11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day54—5319,966
Scheduled departures1,627—19,241598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines32420%84.3%7.6 min0.6%
9E Endeavor Air28317%91.9%-9.4 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines23014%87.8%-1.6 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines17711%83.1%0.2 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline15510%89.0%-2.8 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways1459%82.1%0.5 min0.0%
UA United Airlines1207%90.8%0.0 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines1026%79.4%1.6 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air382%68.4%9.8 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines312%83.9%-0.5 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air181%66.7%52.1 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines40%100.0%-18.2 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
RIC–ATLRichmond to Atlanta29884.9%0.1 min0.0%
RIC–CLTRichmond to Charlotte20787.4%1.5 min0.5%
RIC–LGARichmond to New York20188.6%-3.9 min0.0%
RIC–BOSRichmond to Boston15884.8%-0.5 min0.0%
RIC–JFKRichmond to New York9394.6%-14.6 min0.0%
RIC–DENRichmond to Denver9081.1%9.2 min0.0%
RIC–DFWRichmond to Dallas/Fort Worth8680.2%14.7 min1.2%
RIC–DTWRichmond to Detroit8092.5%-8.2 min0.0%
RIC–FLLRichmond to Fort Lauderdale7384.9%-5.4 min0.0%
RIC–MCORichmond to Orlando6279.0%5.8 min0.0%
RIC–MDWRichmond to Chicago5793.0%-4.0 min0.0%
RIC–ORDRichmond to Chicago5384.9%8.1 min0.0%

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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Oct 2023Minutes
Air carrier49.6%41.3%7,294
Late-arriving aircraft32.0%40.5%4,701
National Aviation System15.9%14.4%2,337
Extreme weather1.8%3.7%263
Security0.7%0.2%99
14,694 delay minutes on 225 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left RIC on time in October 2023?

85.9% of 1,627 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.