Richmond International in November 2023

86.4%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,525 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 86.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.7% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so RIC departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 86.2% of the time (1,524 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 85.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.2%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	86.4%	—	76.3%	86.0%
Arrived on time	85.7%	—	75.9%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	2.9%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.0 min	—	18.1 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	51	—	53	18,793
Scheduled departures	1,525	—	19,241	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	318	21%	87.7%	-5.8 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	211	14%	95.3%	-12.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	190	12%	92.1%	-3.1 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	182	12%	91.2%	-6.4 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	150	10%	79.3%	9.1 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	143	9%	76.9%	8.9 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	109	7%	73.4%	10.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	91	6%	79.1%	-2.2 min	1.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	78	5%	83.3%	6.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	39	3%	71.8%	8.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	13	1%	84.6%	6.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	1	0%	100.0%	-22.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RIC–ATL	Richmond to Atlanta	275	88.7%	1.5 min	0.0%
RIC–CLT	Richmond to Charlotte	200	87.5%	-5.9 min	0.0%
RIC–LGA	Richmond to New York	182	92.9%	-7.2 min	0.0%
RIC–BOS	Richmond to Boston	140	88.6%	-6.1 min	0.0%
RIC–JFK	Richmond to New York	86	96.5%	-17.0 min	0.0%
RIC–DFW	Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth	84	84.5%	-4.6 min	0.0%
RIC–DTW	Richmond to Detroit	79	84.8%	5.6 min	0.0%
RIC–MCO	Richmond to Orlando	71	60.6%	25.1 min	0.0%
RIC–FLL	Richmond to Fort Lauderdale	64	76.6%	10.2 min	0.0%
RIC–DEN	Richmond to Denver	60	78.3%	3.7 min	0.0%
RIC–ORD	Richmond to Chicago	45	75.6%	-0.4 min	2.2%
RIC–MIA	Richmond to Miami	35	97.1%	-8.6 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	45.6%	42.5%	5,675
Late-arriving aircraft	30.8%	37.3%	3,830
National Aviation System	21.3%	16.2%	2,645
Extreme weather	2.0%	3.7%	252
Security	0.3%	0.3%	37

12,439 delay minutes on 216 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 November 2023?

86.4% of 1,525 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.