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Airport month · January 2024
Richmond International in January 2024
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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,332 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 79.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.0% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 5.4 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 73.5% of the time (1,330 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 27%.
- On time 74.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.3%
- Cancelled 1.4%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2024 | Year earlier | RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.4% | — | 76.3% | 74.0% |
| Arrived on time | 74.0% | — | 75.9% | 72.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.4% | — | 2.9% | 3.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.5 min | — | 18.1 min | 18.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 44 | — | 53 | 18,242 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,332 | — | 19,241 | 547,271 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 296 | 22% | 75.3% | 16.2 min | 1.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 181 | 14% | 84.0% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 161 | 12% | 67.1% | 11.2 min | 3.1% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 146 | 11% | 72.6% | 23.2 min | 2.7% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 141 | 11% | 78.7% | -0.7 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 125 | 9% | 67.2% | 23.9 min | 1.6% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 96 | 7% | 68.8% | 12.5 min | 1.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 93 | 7% | 75.3% | 1.6 min | 3.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 44 | 3% | 68.2% | 6.1 min | 2.3% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 29 | 2% | 86.2% | -14.9 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 20 | 2% | 55.0% | 117.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIC–ATL | Richmond to Atlanta | 246 | 83.3% | -2.4 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–CLT | Richmond to Charlotte | 185 | 77.3% | 9.1 min | 0.5% |
| RIC–LGA | Richmond to New York | 154 | 66.2% | 12.3 min | 4.5% |
| RIC–BOS | Richmond to Boston | 112 | 67.9% | 21.5 min | 0.9% |
| RIC–DFW | Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth | 80 | 65.0% | 25.7 min | 2.5% |
| RIC–DTW | Richmond to Detroit | 79 | 73.4% | 41.5 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–FLL | Richmond to Fort Lauderdale | 62 | 66.1% | 18.9 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–MIA | Richmond to Miami | 62 | 82.3% | 19.4 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–DEN | Richmond to Denver | 59 | 71.2% | 0.1 min | 3.4% |
| RIC–JFK | Richmond to New York | 57 | 75.4% | 26.7 min | 3.5% |
| RIC–MCO | Richmond to Orlando | 57 | 61.4% | 18.8 min | 1.8% |
| RIC–ORD | Richmond to Chicago | 44 | 68.2% | 4.8 min | 4.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left RIC on time in January 2024?
79.4% of 1,332 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.