Richmond International in November 2025

78.3%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,649 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 78.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.1% reached their destination on time; 3.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so RIC departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 1,472 departures with 87.6% leaving on time: a change of −9.3 points, with flights up 12%.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 75.7% of the time (1,648 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, national aviation system 30% and late-arriving aircraft 29%.

On time 77.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.3%
Cancelled 3.5%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	78.3%	87.6%	76.3%	78.1%
Arrived on time	77.1%	88.2%	75.9%	77.3%
Cancelled	3.5%	0.1%	2.9%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.8 min	7.9 min	18.1 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	55	49	53	19,018
Scheduled departures	1,649	1,472	19,241	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	400	24%	69.5%	10.9 min	6.3%
AA American Airlines	300	18%	80.3%	0.7 min	1.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	235	14%	87.2%	-4.8 min	3.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	218	13%	72.5%	15.5 min	3.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	171	10%	83.0%	1.7 min	1.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	144	9%	64.6%	24.7 min	5.6%
UA United Airlines	62	4%	91.9%	-5.8 min	1.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	35	2%	77.1%	13.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	27	2%	96.3%	-9.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	23	1%	78.3%	6.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	18	1%	66.7%	0.4 min	5.6%
OH PSA Airlines	16	1%	87.5%	-12.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RIC–ATL	Richmond to Atlanta	215	85.6%	-4.4 min	3.7%
RIC–LGA	Richmond to New York	208	63.0%	19.7 min	6.3%
RIC–CLT	Richmond to Charlotte	200	85.0%	-3.2 min	0.0%
RIC–ORD	Richmond to Chicago	167	68.9%	9.7 min	7.2%
RIC–BOS	Richmond to Boston	165	77.6%	19.6 min	0.6%
RIC–MCO	Richmond to Orlando	123	77.2%	4.1 min	1.6%
RIC–DFW	Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth	100	74.0%	5.3 min	4.0%
RIC–FLL	Richmond to Fort Lauderdale	77	77.9%	9.9 min	5.2%
RIC–BWI	Richmond to Baltimore	60	83.3%	-0.1 min	1.7%
RIC–DEN	Richmond to Denver	58	89.7%	-6.0 min	1.7%
RIC–EWR	Richmond to Newark	54	61.1%	11.6 min	13.0%
RIC–BNA	Richmond to Nashville	43	81.4%	5.1 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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	39.6%	30.2%	10,028
Late-arriving aircraft	28.6%	38.3%	7,235
National Aviation System	29.9%	26.7%	7,566
Extreme weather	1.9%	4.6%	469
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

25,298 delay minutes on 318 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 November 2025?

78.3% of 1,649 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 87.6% of 1,472 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 78.3% and 3.5% in November 2025.

Provenance

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