Richmond International in March 2025

82.3%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,315 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 82.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.3% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 1,451 departures with 79.6% leaving on time: a change of +2.7 points, with flights down 9%.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 76.7% of the time (1,314 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 84.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.8%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	82.3%	79.6%	76.3%	79.9%
Arrived on time	84.3%	79.3%	75.9%	79.3%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.8%	2.9%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.6 min	16.5 min	18.1 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	44	48	53	20,029
Scheduled departures	1,315	1,451	19,241	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	276	21%	87.0%	-3.8 min	1.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	224	17%	90.6%	-8.5 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	184	14%	83.2%	3.9 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	179	14%	83.2%	1.0 min	0.6%
YX Republic Airline	163	12%	80.4%	2.6 min	1.8%
NK Spirit Airlines	85	6%	82.4%	-2.1 min	1.2%
OH PSA Airlines	84	6%	70.2%	13.9 min	1.2%
UA United Airlines	62	5%	95.2%	-11.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	26	2%	73.1%	-2.0 min	3.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	1%	77.8%	32.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	14	1%	78.6%	9.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RIC–ATL	Richmond to Atlanta	255	90.2%	-8.0 min	0.0%
RIC–CLT	Richmond to Charlotte	240	82.9%	-0.6 min	0.8%
RIC–BOS	Richmond to Boston	150	85.3%	-2.2 min	0.7%
RIC–FLL	Richmond to Fort Lauderdale	91	85.7%	-1.8 min	1.1%
RIC–DFW	Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth	89	80.9%	5.0 min	2.2%
RIC–MCO	Richmond to Orlando	80	77.5%	6.4 min	0.0%
RIC–LGA	Richmond to New York	78	87.2%	-1.8 min	1.3%
RIC–BWI	Richmond to Baltimore	62	77.4%	11.2 min	0.0%
RIC–DEN	Richmond to Denver	60	86.7%	-3.0 min	0.0%
RIC–MIA	Richmond to Miami	57	82.5%	-3.9 min	3.5%
RIC–BNA	Richmond to Nashville	31	96.8%	-9.2 min	0.0%
RIC–MDW	Richmond to Chicago	31	83.9%	5.7 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.2%	33.0%	4,233
Late-arriving aircraft	42.4%	39.2%	6,142
National Aviation System	24.9%	21.9%	3,604
Extreme weather	3.6%	5.9%	520
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

14,499 delay minutes on 195 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 March 2025?

82.3% of 1,315 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 79.6% of 1,451 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 82.3% and 0.8% in March 2025.

Provenance

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