Richmond International in July 2025

67.2%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,694 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 67.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.8% reached their destination on time; 4.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 2.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 1,623 departures with 66.7% leaving on time: a change of +0.5 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 61.2% of the time (1,694 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 67.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.3%
Cancelled 4.1%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	67.2%	66.7%	76.3%	69.7%
Arrived on time	67.8%	66.5%	75.9%	69.0%
Cancelled	4.1%	4.2%	2.9%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.7 min	28.8 min	18.1 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	57	54	53	21,048
Scheduled departures	1,694	1,623	19,241	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	349	21%	59.9%	24.6 min	10.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	285	17%	79.3%	3.9 min	0.7%
AA American Airlines	279	16%	65.2%	19.8 min	5.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	206	12%	68.9%	15.9 min	1.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	167	10%	57.5%	38.9 min	3.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	161	10%	73.3%	6.3 min	2.5%
OH PSA Airlines	105	6%	69.5%	18.1 min	4.8%
UA United Airlines	62	4%	79.0%	10.6 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	58	3%	62.1%	11.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	17	1%	76.5%	25.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	5	0%	80.0%	-4.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RIC–ATL	Richmond to Atlanta	254	78.3%	3.8 min	0.4%
RIC–CLT	Richmond to Charlotte	235	70.6%	14.7 min	4.3%
RIC–ORD	Richmond to Chicago	181	59.1%	35.0 min	5.0%
RIC–LGA	Richmond to New York	173	54.9%	31.9 min	9.8%
RIC–BOS	Richmond to Boston	150	74.7%	10.0 min	4.7%
RIC–MCO	Richmond to Orlando	110	60.9%	15.7 min	1.8%
RIC–DTW	Richmond to Detroit	98	70.4%	17.4 min	1.0%
RIC–DFW	Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth	91	56.0%	24.2 min	4.4%
RIC–FLL	Richmond to Fort Lauderdale	63	88.9%	-9.7 min	0.0%
RIC–BWI	Richmond to Baltimore	62	66.1%	26.5 min	3.2%
RIC–DEN	Richmond to Denver	62	71.0%	14.8 min	0.0%
RIC–MDW	Richmond to Chicago	51	74.5%	10.5 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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	35.0%	31.1%	14,042
Late-arriving aircraft	32.5%	40.8%	13,063
National Aviation System	25.2%	20.7%	10,109
Extreme weather	7.2%	7.3%	2,905
Security	0.0%	0.1%	16

40,135 delay minutes on 463 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 July 2025?

67.2% of 1,694 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 66.7% of 1,623 departures left on time and 4.2% were cancelled, against 67.2% and 4.1% in July 2025.

Provenance

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