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Airport month · January 2026
Richmond International in January 2026
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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,495 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 73.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.4% reached their destination on time; 9.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 2.2 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 1,200 departures with 81.3% leaving on time: a change of −7.9 points, with flights up 25%.
Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 68.1% of the time (1,494 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 33%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and extreme weather 20%.
- On time 73.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.5%
- Cancelled 9.0%
- Diverted 0.1%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 73.4% | 81.3% | 76.3% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 73.4% | 77.9% | 75.9% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 9.0% | 3.6% | 2.9% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.0 min | 13.6 min | 18.1 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 50 | 40 | 53 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,495 | 1,200 | 19,241 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 436 | 29% | 75.5% | -2.9 min | 9.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 275 | 18% | 71.3% | 20.1 min | 10.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 203 | 14% | 88.2% | -13.8 min | 5.4% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 165 | 11% | 79.4% | -3.0 min | 7.3% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 156 | 10% | 57.7% | 23.0 min | 10.9% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 86 | 6% | 64.0% | 31.0 min | 9.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 41 | 3% | 51.2% | 14.4 min | 12.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 39 | 3% | 79.5% | -5.0 min | 10.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 37 | 2% | 81.1% | 6.1 min | 5.4% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 27 | 2% | 59.3% | 9.8 min | 11.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 19 | 1% | 63.2% | 5.6 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 11 | 1% | 72.7% | 10.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIC–CLT | Richmond to Charlotte | 209 | 70.8% | 11.0 min | 12.0% |
| RIC–ATL | Richmond to Atlanta | 205 | 87.3% | -12.8 min | 4.9% |
| RIC–LGA | Richmond to New York | 169 | 74.6% | 0.0 min | 9.5% |
| RIC–ORD | Richmond to Chicago | 152 | 71.7% | 5.4 min | 9.2% |
| RIC–MCO | Richmond to Orlando | 109 | 61.5% | 15.5 min | 10.1% |
| RIC–BOS | Richmond to Boston | 100 | 72.0% | 7.4 min | 11.0% |
| RIC–FLL | Richmond to Fort Lauderdale | 74 | 48.6% | 24.8 min | 12.2% |
| RIC–DFW | Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth | 70 | 67.1% | 40.3 min | 10.0% |
| RIC–BWI | Richmond to Baltimore | 62 | 79.0% | -3.9 min | 8.1% |
| RIC–MIA | Richmond to Miami | 62 | 71.0% | 21.7 min | 8.1% |
| RIC–DTW | Richmond to Detroit | 56 | 69.6% | 6.8 min | 7.1% |
| RIC–EWR | Richmond to Newark | 52 | 80.8% | -14.4 min | 7.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left RIC on time in January 2026?
73.4% of 1,495 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 81.3% of 1,200 departures left on time and 3.6% were cancelled, against 73.4% and 9.0% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.