Richmond International in April 2025

81.2%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,335 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 81.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.6% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 1,570 departures with 80.8% leaving on time: a change of +0.4 points, with flights down 15%.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 77.3% of the time (1,337 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, national aviation system 30% and air carrier 28%.

On time 81.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.5%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	81.2%	80.8%	76.3%	80.6%
Arrived on time	81.6%	80.3%	75.9%	79.5%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.6%	2.9%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.9 min	15.0 min	18.1 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	45	52	53	19,465
Scheduled departures	1,335	1,570	19,241	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	300	22%	80.7%	2.6 min	1.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	222	17%	87.8%	-4.4 min	0.9%
YX Republic Airline	220	16%	78.6%	13.8 min	1.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	172	13%	74.4%	11.2 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	164	12%	92.7%	-8.7 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	70	5%	87.1%	-10.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	60	4%	83.3%	1.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	57	4%	71.9%	4.2 min	1.8%
OH PSA Airlines	39	3%	66.7%	8.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	16	1%	56.3%	7.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	15	1%	86.7%	-3.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RIC–ATL	Richmond to Atlanta	229	86.9%	-3.2 min	0.9%
RIC–CLT	Richmond to Charlotte	196	83.7%	0.3 min	0.0%
RIC–BOS	Richmond to Boston	153	89.5%	-6.2 min	0.0%
RIC–LGA	Richmond to New York	103	80.6%	5.2 min	0.0%
RIC–MCO	Richmond to Orlando	99	90.9%	-9.6 min	0.0%
RIC–DFW	Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth	86	67.4%	11.1 min	3.5%
RIC–ORD	Richmond to Chicago	84	76.2%	4.5 min	1.2%
RIC–FLL	Richmond to Fort Lauderdale	69	92.8%	-9.5 min	0.0%
RIC–BWI	Richmond to Baltimore	60	71.7%	15.5 min	0.0%
RIC–DEN	Richmond to Denver	60	68.3%	12.8 min	0.0%
RIC–MIA	Richmond to Miami	33	93.9%	-6.0 min	0.0%
RIC–BNA	Richmond to Nashville	30	80.0%	0.2 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	28.3%	32.7%	4,387
Late-arriving aircraft	35.0%	39.4%	5,426
National Aviation System	30.0%	22.2%	4,644
Extreme weather	6.4%	5.5%	992
Security	0.3%	0.2%	51

15,500 delay minutes on 234 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 April 2025?

81.2% of 1,335 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 80.8% of 1,570 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 81.2% and 0.7% in April 2025.

Provenance

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