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Airport month · October 2025
Richmond International in October 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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,691 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 77.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.5% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 2.2 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 1,602 departures with 89.6% leaving on time: a change of −11.8 points, with flights up 6%.
Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 75.1% of the time (1,693 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 77.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.3%
- Cancelled 1.0%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.8% | 89.6% | 76.3% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 77.5% | 89.1% | 75.9% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | 0.4% | 2.9% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.8 min | 7.4 min | 18.1 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 56 | 53 | 53 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,691 | 1,602 | 19,241 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 398 | 24% | 68.6% | 14.0 min | 2.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 320 | 19% | 81.9% | 3.9 min | 0.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 260 | 15% | 91.5% | -6.5 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 188 | 11% | 77.1% | 10.3 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 168 | 10% | 78.6% | 12.9 min | 1.8% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 148 | 9% | 60.1% | 27.3 min | 2.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 70 | 4% | 80.0% | -4.0 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 54 | 3% | 79.6% | 11.7 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 50 | 3% | 90.0% | 6.9 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 18 | 1% | 72.2% | 10.0 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 9 | 1% | 88.9% | 8.1 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 8 | 0% | 87.5% | 1.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIC–ATL | Richmond to Atlanta | 229 | 91.3% | -4.8 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–CLT | Richmond to Charlotte | 224 | 87.5% | -2.9 min | 0.4% |
| RIC–LGA | Richmond to New York | 203 | 64.0% | 22.1 min | 3.4% |
| RIC–BOS | Richmond to Boston | 177 | 70.6% | 10.5 min | 3.4% |
| RIC–ORD | Richmond to Chicago | 177 | 67.2% | 20.0 min | 0.6% |
| RIC–DFW | Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth | 106 | 69.8% | 15.0 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–MCO | Richmond to Orlando | 94 | 79.8% | 20.8 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–FLL | Richmond to Fort Lauderdale | 68 | 91.2% | -3.5 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–DEN | Richmond to Denver | 65 | 75.4% | 16.5 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–BWI | Richmond to Baltimore | 62 | 80.6% | 10.1 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–EWR | Richmond to Newark | 61 | 68.9% | 10.4 min | 3.3% |
| RIC–PHL | Richmond to Philadelphia | 60 | 65.0% | 9.5 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left RIC on time in October 2025?
77.8% of 1,691 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 89.6% of 1,602 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 77.8% and 1.0% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.