Richmond International in March 2024

79.6%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,451 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 79.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.3% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 76.3% of the time (1,451 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 79.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	79.6%	—	76.3%	78.5%
Arrived on time	79.3%	—	75.9%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	2.9%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.5 min	—	18.1 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	48	—	53	19,726
Scheduled departures	1,451	—	19,241	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	310	21%	72.9%	18.5 min	1.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	230	16%	85.7%	0.2 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	181	12%	76.8%	4.9 min	0.6%
YX Republic Airline	150	10%	86.0%	3.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	144	10%	83.3%	0.8 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	140	10%	80.0%	5.7 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	116	8%	59.5%	24.1 min	1.7%
UA United Airlines	93	6%	88.2%	-10.4 min	2.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	51	4%	94.1%	-4.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	36	2%	77.8%	34.3 min	2.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RIC–ATL	Richmond to Atlanta	281	85.1%	2.0 min	0.0%
RIC–CLT	Richmond to Charlotte	186	74.2%	21.3 min	0.5%
RIC–LGA	Richmond to New York	165	83.0%	3.9 min	0.0%
RIC–BOS	Richmond to Boston	145	89.7%	-7.8 min	0.0%
RIC–MCO	Richmond to Orlando	95	52.6%	32.8 min	2.1%
RIC–DFW	Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	66.7%	19.2 min	3.2%
RIC–DTW	Richmond to Detroit	88	94.3%	-5.3 min	0.0%
RIC–FLL	Richmond to Fort Lauderdale	88	67.0%	17.1 min	0.0%
RIC–JFK	Richmond to New York	62	85.5%	-1.0 min	0.0%
RIC–DEN	Richmond to Denver	61	82.0%	-1.8 min	0.0%
RIC–MDW	Richmond to Chicago	32	71.9%	4.5 min	0.0%
RIC–IAH	Richmond to Houston	31	80.6%	-13.1 min	6.5%

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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	26.0%	32.1%	5,878
Late-arriving aircraft	46.6%	42.1%	10,554
National Aviation System	23.1%	21.4%	5,219
Extreme weather	4.4%	4.2%	986
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

22,637 delay minutes on 287 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 March 2024?

79.6% of 1,451 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.