Richmond International in December 2024

77.0%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,523 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 77.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.3% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 0.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 1,505 departures with 80.1% leaving on time: a change of −3.1 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 76.1% of the time (1,520 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 78.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.9%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	77.0%	80.1%	76.3%	77.8%
Arrived on time	78.3%	79.8%	75.9%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.6%	2.9%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.4 min	13.0 min	18.1 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	51	50	53	19,686
Scheduled departures	1,523	1,505	19,241	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	292	19%	78.1%	6.5 min	1.0%
YX Republic Airline	221	15%	82.4%	3.8 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	217	14%	81.1%	3.7 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	170	11%	80.6%	0.8 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	155	10%	78.1%	2.2 min	1.3%
9E Endeavor Air	142	9%	76.8%	3.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	88	6%	67.0%	14.8 min	2.3%
UA United Airlines	75	5%	88.0%	-6.7 min	1.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	68	4%	75.0%	10.5 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	58	4%	67.2%	11.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	22	1%	63.6%	10.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	15	1%	73.3%	-1.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RIC–CLT	Richmond to Charlotte	264	77.3%	8.7 min	0.8%
RIC–ATL	Richmond to Atlanta	248	81.0%	3.5 min	0.0%
RIC–LGA	Richmond to New York	180	78.3%	5.1 min	0.0%
RIC–BOS	Richmond to Boston	139	80.6%	0.1 min	2.2%
RIC–DTW	Richmond to Detroit	88	83.0%	-0.7 min	0.0%
RIC–FLL	Richmond to Fort Lauderdale	86	75.6%	3.7 min	0.0%
RIC–DFW	Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth	73	72.6%	9.1 min	4.1%
RIC–BWI	Richmond to Baltimore	62	74.2%	2.9 min	0.0%
RIC–MCO	Richmond to Orlando	61	77.0%	6.6 min	0.0%
RIC–JFK	Richmond to New York	59	76.3%	8.3 min	0.0%
RIC–DEN	Richmond to Denver	46	91.3%	-5.7 min	0.0%
RIC–MIA	Richmond to Miami	46	78.3%	-1.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.8%	34.3%	7,204
Late-arriving aircraft	39.1%	40.2%	7,459
National Aviation System	20.5%	17.8%	3,906
Extreme weather	2.3%	7.5%	443
Security	0.3%	0.2%	65

19,077 delay minutes on 318 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 December 2024?

77.0% of 1,523 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 80.1% of 1,505 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 77.0% and 0.6% in December 2024.

Provenance

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