Richmond International in August 2024

74.6%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,544 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 74.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.6% reached their destination on time; 3.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 0.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 1,656 departures with 78.5% leaving on time: a change of −3.9 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 67.6% of the time (1,546 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 74.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.6%
Cancelled 3.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	74.6%	78.5%	76.3%	75.4%
Arrived on time	74.6%	78.6%	75.9%	74.7%
Cancelled	3.6%	2.3%	2.9%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.6 min	17.6 min	18.1 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	52	55	53	20,634
Scheduled departures	1,544	1,656	19,241	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	346	22%	71.4%	21.1 min	2.0%
9E Endeavor Air	244	16%	71.3%	6.8 min	9.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	224	15%	84.8%	0.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	207	13%	72.0%	7.4 min	9.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	183	12%	84.2%	2.4 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	124	8%	62.9%	16.2 min	3.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	97	6%	71.1%	16.3 min	2.1%
UA United Airlines	62	4%	88.7%	-4.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	23	1%	69.6%	23.1 min	4.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	20	1%	40.0%	52.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	14	1%	85.7%	-4.5 min	7.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RIC–ATL	Richmond to Atlanta	251	85.3%	0.9 min	0.0%
RIC–CLT	Richmond to Charlotte	242	68.6%	28.3 min	3.3%
RIC–LGA	Richmond to New York	167	66.5%	12.0 min	11.4%
RIC–BOS	Richmond to Boston	141	73.0%	7.0 min	7.1%
RIC–DFW	Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth	87	74.7%	6.9 min	0.0%
RIC–DTW	Richmond to Detroit	85	75.3%	11.8 min	3.5%
RIC–FLL	Richmond to Fort Lauderdale	80	68.8%	14.3 min	0.0%
RIC–MCO	Richmond to Orlando	66	56.1%	18.6 min	4.5%
RIC–BWI	Richmond to Baltimore	62	85.5%	4.1 min	0.0%
RIC–JFK	Richmond to New York	62	66.1%	10.8 min	12.9%
RIC–DEN	Richmond to Denver	54	83.3%	0.4 min	0.0%
RIC–ORD	Richmond to Chicago	49	85.7%	-4.5 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.9%	33.8%	8,297
Late-arriving aircraft	46.2%	39.8%	12,011
National Aviation System	18.5%	20.4%	4,805
Extreme weather	3.3%	5.9%	867
Security	0.0%	0.1%	6

25,986 delay minutes on 333 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 August 2024?

74.6% of 1,544 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 78.5% of 1,656 departures left on time and 2.3% were cancelled, against 74.6% and 3.6% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.