Richmond International in December 2025

70.2%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,616 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 70.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 65.5% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 1.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 1,523 departures with 77.0% leaving on time: a change of −6.8 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 66.9% of the time (1,615 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 34%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 25%.

On time 65.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 31.8%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	70.2%	77.0%	76.3%	72.0%
Arrived on time	65.5%	78.3%	75.9%	71.9%
Cancelled	2.6%	0.6%	2.9%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.5 min	14.4 min	18.1 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	54	51	53	19,410
Scheduled departures	1,616	1,523	19,241	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	344	21%	63.1%	20.1 min	4.4%
AA American Airlines	299	19%	68.2%	19.8 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	242	15%	84.7%	-2.4 min	3.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways	194	12%	63.9%	37.0 min	3.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	174	11%	59.2%	23.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	111	7%	51.4%	65.7 min	6.3%
UA United Airlines	62	4%	77.4%	9.2 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	51	3%	41.2%	34.5 min	3.9%
OH PSA Airlines	49	3%	61.2%	22.6 min	2.0%
MQ Envoy Air	46	3%	60.9%	13.3 min	4.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	2%	48.1%	39.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	17	1%	47.1%	39.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RIC–ATL	Richmond to Atlanta	233	82.8%	-0.8 min	3.4%
RIC–CLT	Richmond to Charlotte	206	71.8%	18.0 min	0.5%
RIC–LGA	Richmond to New York	184	53.8%	32.4 min	5.4%
RIC–ORD	Richmond to Chicago	158	62.7%	40.4 min	5.7%
RIC–BOS	Richmond to Boston	142	64.8%	26.4 min	2.1%
RIC–MCO	Richmond to Orlando	128	62.5%	30.1 min	0.8%
RIC–DFW	Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth	107	58.9%	25.0 min	0.9%
RIC–FLL	Richmond to Fort Lauderdale	82	52.4%	43.2 min	4.9%
RIC–BWI	Richmond to Baltimore	62	58.1%	18.8 min	0.0%
RIC–DEN	Richmond to Denver	55	65.5%	18.2 min	0.0%
RIC–MIA	Richmond to Miami	47	66.0%	9.6 min	0.0%
RIC–BNA	Richmond to Nashville	43	74.4%	13.1 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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	25.2%	33.3%	11,456
Late-arriving aircraft	33.8%	41.1%	15,360
National Aviation System	28.0%	19.1%	12,734
Extreme weather	13.0%	6.4%	5,929
Security	0.0%	0.2%	8

45,487 delay minutes on 514 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 December 2025?

70.2% of 1,616 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 65.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 77.0% of 1,523 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 70.2% and 2.6% in December 2025.

Provenance

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