Richmond International in December 2023

80.1%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,505 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 80.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.8% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 3.0 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 79.7% of the time (1,500 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 33%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 28%.

On time 79.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.4%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	80.1%	—	76.3%	83.1%
Arrived on time	79.8%	—	75.9%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	2.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.0 min	—	18.1 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	50	—	53	19,013
Scheduled departures	1,505	—	19,241	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	306	20%	83.7%	-0.7 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	243	16%	88.1%	-7.6 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	200	13%	88.0%	-0.4 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	165	11%	81.2%	-1.9 min	1.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	154	10%	74.7%	7.9 min	0.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	148	10%	64.9%	20.3 min	0.7%
NK Spirit Airlines	117	8%	65.8%	8.3 min	2.6%
UA United Airlines	93	6%	81.7%	3.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	31	2%	64.5%	32.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	28	2%	75.0%	6.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	20	1%	80.0%	16.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RIC–ATL	Richmond to Atlanta	290	84.1%	1.9 min	0.0%
RIC–CLT	Richmond to Charlotte	196	79.6%	2.6 min	0.0%
RIC–LGA	Richmond to New York	166	83.7%	-3.1 min	1.2%
RIC–BOS	Richmond to Boston	124	74.2%	8.1 min	0.8%
RIC–MCO	Richmond to Orlando	87	51.7%	28.3 min	2.3%
RIC–JFK	Richmond to New York	83	90.4%	-10.1 min	1.2%
RIC–DTW	Richmond to Detroit	82	89.0%	-3.1 min	0.0%
RIC–DFW	Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth	79	93.7%	-6.7 min	0.0%
RIC–DEN	Richmond to Denver	62	77.4%	2.0 min	0.0%
RIC–FLL	Richmond to Fort Lauderdale	62	66.1%	12.6 min	1.6%
RIC–ORD	Richmond to Chicago	47	85.1%	1.7 min	0.0%
RIC–MIA	Richmond to Miami	43	74.4%	2.4 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	33.0%	37.1%	6,058
Late-arriving aircraft	33.3%	38.8%	6,125
National Aviation System	28.1%	17.6%	5,162
Extreme weather	5.2%	6.2%	947
Security	0.4%	0.3%	75

18,367 delay minutes on 292 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 December 2023?

80.1% of 1,505 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.