On-Time Report

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Airport month · November 2024

Richmond International in November 2024

87.6%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,472 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 87.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.2% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 1,525 departures with 86.4% leaving on time: a change of +1.2 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 86.7% of the time (1,471 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, national aviation system 26% and late-arriving aircraft 22%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2024Nov 2023RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time87.6%86.4%76.3%85.2%
Arrived on time88.2%85.7%75.9%84.8%
Cancelled0.1%0.1%2.9%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)7.9 min9.0 min18.1 min10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day49515319,180
Scheduled departures1,4721,52519,241575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines30221%90.7%-7.7 min0.3%
YX Republic Airline25017%88.4%-2.3 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines20514%87.8%-3.2 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines16511%90.3%-6.8 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways14910%86.6%-7.2 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air1208%91.7%-6.3 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines876%80.5%6.7 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines634%77.8%5.3 min0.0%
UA United Airlines614%93.4%-8.5 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines352%97.1%-10.9 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air191%73.7%42.5 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air161%68.8%1.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
RIC–ATLRichmond to Atlanta23488.0%-3.9 min0.0%
RIC–CLTRichmond to Charlotte23490.6%-7.3 min0.0%
RIC–LGARichmond to New York19786.8%-2.1 min0.0%
RIC–BOSRichmond to Boston14487.5%-3.2 min0.0%
RIC–MCORichmond to Orlando8188.9%-5.4 min0.0%
RIC–DTWRichmond to Detroit7790.9%0.1 min0.0%
RIC–DFWRichmond to Dallas/Fort Worth7391.8%-10.5 min1.4%
RIC–FLLRichmond to Fort Lauderdale6277.4%-0.2 min0.0%
RIC–BWIRichmond to Baltimore5989.8%-4.7 min0.0%
RIC–JFKRichmond to New York5893.1%-8.0 min0.0%
RIC–DENRichmond to Denver4883.3%-3.1 min0.0%
RIC–MSPRichmond to Minneapolis4776.6%6.1 min0.0%

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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2024Minutes
Air carrier50.0%36.9%4,850
Late-arriving aircraft21.8%35.6%2,119
National Aviation System26.0%21.9%2,521
Extreme weather2.2%5.4%217
Security0.0%0.2%0
9,707 delay minutes on 172 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 November 2024?

87.6% of 1,472 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 86.4% of 1,525 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 87.6% and 0.1% in November 2024.

Provenance

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