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Airport month · August 2025
Richmond International in August 2025
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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,543 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 77.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.3% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 0.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 1,544 departures with 74.6% leaving on time: a change of +2.9 points, with flights down 0%.
Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 73.7% of the time (1,543 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 25%.
- On time 76.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.8%
- Cancelled 1.4%
- Diverted 0.5%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.5% | 74.6% | 76.3% | 76.8% |
| Arrived on time | 76.3% | 74.6% | 75.9% | 76.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.4% | 3.6% | 2.9% | 1.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.5 min | 18.6 min | 18.1 min | 17.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 51 | 52 | 53 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,543 | 1,544 | 19,241 | 602,378 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 337 | 22% | 75.1% | 8.3 min | 2.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 289 | 19% | 73.4% | 8.9 min | 1.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 261 | 17% | 87.0% | 0.1 min | 1.5% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 183 | 12% | 77.0% | 7.4 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 149 | 10% | 75.2% | 10.7 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 138 | 9% | 66.7% | 23.1 min | 2.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 62 | 4% | 83.9% | 2.9 min | 3.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 55 | 4% | 61.8% | 15.7 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 50 | 3% | 86.0% | -3.0 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 18 | 1% | 61.1% | 17.4 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 1 | 0% | 100.0% | -8.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIC–ATL | Richmond to Atlanta | 230 | 86.1% | 1.6 min | 1.7% |
| RIC–CLT | Richmond to Charlotte | 207 | 83.6% | -0.5 min | 1.0% |
| RIC–LGA | Richmond to New York | 165 | 72.7% | 10.3 min | 1.8% |
| RIC–ORD | Richmond to Chicago | 162 | 71.6% | 17.6 min | 3.1% |
| RIC–BOS | Richmond to Boston | 149 | 83.9% | -1.6 min | 0.7% |
| RIC–DFW | Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth | 97 | 52.6% | 27.1 min | 3.1% |
| RIC–MCO | Richmond to Orlando | 94 | 59.6% | 26.8 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–DTW | Richmond to Detroit | 91 | 81.3% | 6.0 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–FLL | Richmond to Fort Lauderdale | 62 | 75.8% | 4.9 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–BWI | Richmond to Baltimore | 61 | 80.3% | 7.6 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–DEN | Richmond to Denver | 61 | 72.1% | 6.1 min | 1.6% |
| RIC–BNA | Richmond to Nashville | 40 | 80.0% | 5.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left RIC on time in August 2025?
77.5% of 1,543 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024, 74.6% of 1,544 departures left on time and 3.6% were cancelled, against 77.5% and 1.4% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.