Richmond International in February 2025

81.6%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,101 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 81.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.3% reached their destination on time; 2.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 1,284 departures with 84.8% leaving on time: a change of −3.2 points, with flights down 14%.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 76.9% of the time (1,102 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 28%.

On time 77.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.9%
Cancelled 2.7%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from RIC in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	81.6%	84.8%	76.3%	79.2%
Arrived on time	77.3%	82.8%	75.9%	77.9%
Cancelled	2.7%	0.8%	2.9%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.6 min	11.9 min	18.1 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	37	43	53	16,830
Scheduled departures	1,101	1,284	19,241	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	251	23%	81.3%	0.7 min	1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	180	16%	77.8%	-0.6 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	157	14%	86.0%	-6.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	139	13%	74.1%	3.2 min	7.9%
B6 JetBlue Airways	127	12%	70.9%	7.1 min	3.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	63	6%	71.4%	12.4 min	3.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	59	5%	79.7%	0.6 min	1.7%
UA United Airlines	56	5%	87.5%	-1.8 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	47	4%	53.2%	9.2 min	14.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	19	2%	52.6%	31.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	3	0%	100.0%	-2.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RIC–ATL	Richmond to Atlanta	208	78.4%	-1.0 min	0.0%
RIC–CLT	Richmond to Charlotte	205	78.0%	0.8 min	5.4%
RIC–BOS	Richmond to Boston	104	77.9%	1.9 min	4.8%
RIC–FLL	Richmond to Fort Lauderdale	75	74.7%	5.6 min	2.7%
RIC–LGA	Richmond to New York	72	75.0%	-0.3 min	8.3%
RIC–DFW	Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth	68	69.1%	7.3 min	0.0%
RIC–DTW	Richmond to Detroit	63	71.4%	12.4 min	3.2%
RIC–MCO	Richmond to Orlando	57	68.4%	9.4 min	3.5%
RIC–BWI	Richmond to Baltimore	56	83.9%	-4.3 min	0.0%
RIC–DEN	Richmond to Denver	47	83.0%	4.2 min	0.0%
RIC–BNA	Richmond to Nashville	31	90.3%	-9.1 min	0.0%
RIC–MIA	Richmond to Miami	28	89.3%	-4.4 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	28.4%	33.9%	3,700
Late-arriving aircraft	37.3%	36.9%	4,852
National Aviation System	27.7%	22.5%	3,606
Extreme weather	6.3%	6.6%	819
Security	0.4%	0.1%	48

13,025 delay minutes on 219 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 February 2025?

81.6% of 1,101 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 84.8% of 1,284 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 81.6% and 2.7% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.