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Airport month · July 2024

Richmond International in July 2024

66.7%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,623 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 66.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.5% reached their destination on time; 4.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 1.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 60.5% of the time (1,622 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 18%.

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

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

MeasureJul 2024Year earlierRIC, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time66.7%—76.3%68.5%
Arrived on time66.5%—75.9%68.1%
Cancelled4.2%—2.9%2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)28.8 min—18.1 min24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day54—5321,154
Scheduled departures1,623—19,241634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines30219%57.3%38.6 min4.6%
DL Delta Air Lines25816%68.6%24.5 min6.2%
9E Endeavor Air23014%61.3%21.1 min9.6%
YX Republic Airline22914%75.1%14.9 min2.6%
WN Southwest Airlines19412%71.1%10.1 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways1238%71.5%11.4 min0.8%
NK Spirit Airlines1056%57.1%16.1 min3.8%
OH PSA Airlines845%71.4%9.5 min2.4%
UA United Airlines624%79.0%7.5 min4.8%
G4 Allegiant Air302%50.0%34.9 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines60%100.0%-10.2 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
RIC–CLTRichmond to Charlotte26660.9%34.6 min4.9%
RIC–ATLRichmond to Atlanta25662.9%29.3 min6.3%
RIC–LGARichmond to New York17061.2%21.5 min5.9%
RIC–BOSRichmond to Boston13580.0%12.9 min0.7%
RIC–FLLRichmond to Fort Lauderdale9374.2%3.5 min0.0%
RIC–DFWRichmond to Dallas/Fort Worth8948.3%40.6 min2.2%
RIC–DTWRichmond to Detroit8590.6%-4.9 min4.7%
RIC–BWIRichmond to Baltimore6264.5%13.5 min0.0%
RIC–DENRichmond to Denver6279.0%6.2 min0.0%
RIC–JFKRichmond to New York6259.7%20.9 min9.7%
RIC–MCORichmond to Orlando6237.1%38.2 min6.5%
RIC–ORDRichmond to Chicago6282.3%-5.2 min6.5%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jul 2024Minutes
Air carrier41.1%36.6%17,337
Late-arriving aircraft38.2%42.7%16,110
National Aviation System17.5%16.0%7,364
Extreme weather3.3%4.6%1,385
Security0.0%0.1%0
42,196 delay minutes on 468 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left RIC on time in July 2024?

66.7% of 1,623 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.