Richmond International in February 2024

84.8%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,284 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 84.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.8% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 80.0% of the time (1,288 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 82.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.2%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from RIC in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	84.8%	—	76.3%	84.0%
Arrived on time	82.8%	—	75.9%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	2.9%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.9 min	—	18.1 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	43	—	53	17,307
Scheduled departures	1,284	—	19,241	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	280	22%	82.5%	6.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	187	15%	93.6%	-10.0 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	150	12%	74.7%	4.7 min	2.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	143	11%	76.2%	15.1 min	0.7%
YX Republic Airline	139	11%	77.7%	3.6 min	1.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	128	10%	87.5%	-8.2 min	0.8%
NK Spirit Airlines	87	7%	78.2%	5.3 min	1.1%
UA United Airlines	87	7%	89.7%	-7.2 min	1.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	32	2%	90.6%	-6.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	31	2%	80.6%	19.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	20	2%	80.0%	13.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RIC–ATL	Richmond to Atlanta	243	93.0%	-10.7 min	0.4%
RIC–CLT	Richmond to Charlotte	172	85.5%	4.2 min	0.0%
RIC–LGA	Richmond to New York	156	71.8%	5.8 min	2.6%
RIC–BOS	Richmond to Boston	122	78.7%	3.8 min	1.6%
RIC–DFW	Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth	79	74.7%	13.8 min	0.0%
RIC–MCO	Richmond to Orlando	70	70.0%	24.7 min	1.4%
RIC–DTW	Richmond to Detroit	69	89.9%	-7.2 min	0.0%
RIC–FLL	Richmond to Fort Lauderdale	58	79.3%	15.0 min	0.0%
RIC–JFK	Richmond to New York	58	86.2%	1.6 min	1.7%
RIC–DEN	Richmond to Denver	54	83.3%	-4.1 min	0.0%
RIC–MIA	Richmond to Miami	43	86.0%	2.2 min	0.0%
RIC–ORD	Richmond to Chicago	35	91.4%	-4.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	32.1%	35.9%	4,609
Late-arriving aircraft	46.9%	36.9%	6,724
National Aviation System	19.7%	21.7%	2,828
Extreme weather	0.6%	5.3%	93
Security	0.6%	0.3%	83

14,337 delay minutes on 208 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 February 2024?

84.8% of 1,284 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.