Richmond International in September 2025

83.3%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,488 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 83.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.9% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so RIC departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 1,468 departures with 87.9% leaving on time: a change of −4.6 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 80.4% of the time (1,487 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, national aviation system 30% and air carrier 29%.

On time 82.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.5%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	83.3%	87.9%	76.3%	83.1%
Arrived on time	82.9%	87.0%	75.9%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.3%	2.9%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.0 min	8.5 min	18.1 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	50	49	53	18,748
Scheduled departures	1,488	1,468	19,241	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	313	21%	74.8%	8.6 min	1.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	260	17%	94.2%	-11.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	231	16%	80.1%	3.3 min	0.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	175	12%	81.7%	5.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	165	11%	81.2%	4.8 min	0.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	129	9%	82.9%	1.7 min	0.8%
OH PSA Airlines	59	4%	93.2%	-11.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	59	4%	91.5%	-0.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	44	3%	88.6%	-6.5 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	44	3%	65.9%	29.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	1%	88.9%	-17.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RIC–ATL	Richmond to Atlanta	209	94.7%	-12.6 min	0.0%
RIC–CLT	Richmond to Charlotte	197	90.9%	-7.7 min	0.0%
RIC–LGA	Richmond to New York	184	77.2%	10.1 min	1.1%
RIC–ORD	Richmond to Chicago	177	83.1%	0.1 min	0.6%
RIC–BOS	Richmond to Boston	164	68.9%	9.8 min	1.8%
RIC–DFW	Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth	86	72.1%	7.6 min	1.2%
RIC–MCO	Richmond to Orlando	80	88.8%	1.5 min	0.0%
RIC–DTW	Richmond to Detroit	77	93.5%	-8.9 min	0.0%
RIC–BWI	Richmond to Baltimore	60	81.7%	9.5 min	0.0%
RIC–DEN	Richmond to Denver	60	83.3%	6.6 min	0.0%
RIC–BNA	Richmond to Nashville	38	76.3%	3.5 min	0.0%
RIC–FLL	Richmond to Fort Lauderdale	36	72.2%	21.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.3%	34.3%	4,896
Late-arriving aircraft	37.7%	37.4%	6,286
National Aviation System	29.5%	22.6%	4,925
Extreme weather	3.5%	5.6%	579
Security	0.0%	0.1%	2

16,688 delay minutes on 246 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 September 2025?

83.3% of 1,488 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 87.9% of 1,468 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 83.3% and 0.5% in September 2025.

Provenance

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