Richmond International in April 2024

80.8%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,570 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.3% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so RIC departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 78.5% of the time (1,570 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 34%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 31%.

On time 80.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.8%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2024	Year earlier	RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time	80.8%	—	76.3%	80.5%
Arrived on time	80.3%	—	75.9%	80.2%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	2.9%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.0 min	—	18.1 min	14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	52	—	53	19,406
Scheduled departures	1,570	—	19,241	582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	326	21%	73.0%	13.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	233	15%	91.4%	-2.9 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	183	12%	83.1%	4.5 min	0.5%
YX Republic Airline	166	11%	84.9%	6.1 min	1.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways	156	10%	84.0%	-2.8 min	1.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	150	10%	74.0%	9.6 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	127	8%	74.8%	6.8 min	2.4%
UA United Airlines	90	6%	83.3%	-0.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	48	3%	79.2%	5.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	34	2%	73.5%	11.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	33	2%	81.8%	13.0 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	24	2%	62.5%	29.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RIC–ATL	Richmond to Atlanta	285	88.4%	0.1 min	0.0%
RIC–CLT	Richmond to Charlotte	230	70.9%	15.2 min	0.0%
RIC–LGA	Richmond to New York	185	84.9%	4.5 min	2.2%
RIC–BOS	Richmond to Boston	138	78.3%	6.7 min	2.2%
RIC–MCO	Richmond to Orlando	112	78.6%	1.2 min	1.8%
RIC–DFW	Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	70.0%	18.6 min	0.0%
RIC–FLL	Richmond to Fort Lauderdale	90	84.4%	-3.3 min	1.1%
RIC–DTW	Richmond to Detroit	86	88.4%	-3.2 min	0.0%
RIC–ORD	Richmond to Chicago	78	78.2%	3.9 min	0.0%
RIC–DEN	Richmond to Denver	60	70.0%	11.0 min	0.0%
RIC–JFK	Richmond to New York	60	80.0%	15.7 min	0.0%
RIC–MDW	Richmond to Chicago	39	69.2%	10.8 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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.1%	33.6%	6,761
Late-arriving aircraft	34.4%	41.0%	7,462
National Aviation System	31.0%	20.0%	6,734
Extreme weather	3.2%	5.1%	688
Security	0.3%	0.2%	61

21,706 delay minutes on 295 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 April 2024?

80.8% of 1,570 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.