Richmond International in March 2026

72.3%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,684 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 72.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.7% reached their destination on time; 4.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 0.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 1,315 departures with 82.3% leaving on time: a change of −10.0 points, with flights up 28%.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 67.7% of the time (1,684 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 28%.

On time 72.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.6%
Cancelled 4.3%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from RIC in March 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	72.3%	82.3%	76.3%	72.8%
Arrived on time	72.7%	84.3%	75.9%	73.2%
Cancelled	4.3%	0.8%	2.9%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.0 min	12.6 min	18.1 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	56	44	53	20,403
Scheduled departures	1,684	1,315	19,241	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	481	29%	66.1%	17.0 min	6.7%
AA American Airlines	300	18%	80.3%	7.2 min	2.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	224	13%	83.0%	-0.8 min	4.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	184	11%	73.9%	14.9 min	1.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	169	10%	71.0%	9.3 min	4.1%
MQ Envoy Air	103	6%	71.8%	13.6 min	7.8%
OH PSA Airlines	63	4%	77.8%	12.6 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	60	4%	45.0%	46.3 min	6.7%
UA United Airlines	57	3%	80.7%	3.1 min	1.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	19	1%	52.6%	17.3 min	5.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	15	1%	86.7%	-1.3 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	1%	55.6%	17.1 min	11.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RIC–ATL	Richmond to Atlanta	234	80.8%	1.0 min	4.7%
RIC–CLT	Richmond to Charlotte	211	83.4%	-0.2 min	1.4%
RIC–ORD	Richmond to Chicago	210	71.4%	11.8 min	5.7%
RIC–LGA	Richmond to New York	197	56.9%	20.8 min	12.7%
RIC–BOS	Richmond to Boston	128	77.3%	5.2 min	2.3%
RIC–MCO	Richmond to Orlando	117	67.5%	22.5 min	5.1%
RIC–DFW	Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	73.3%	21.1 min	2.2%
RIC–FLL	Richmond to Fort Lauderdale	87	57.5%	18.4 min	4.6%
RIC–DEN	Richmond to Denver	65	72.3%	12.9 min	0.0%
RIC–BWI	Richmond to Baltimore	62	79.0%	13.9 min	1.6%
RIC–MIA	Richmond to Miami	61	77.0%	19.0 min	6.6%
RIC–EWR	Richmond to Newark	56	64.3%	40.3 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	30.4%	33.5%	10,422
Late-arriving aircraft	37.8%	39.3%	12,948
National Aviation System	27.7%	21.0%	9,513
Extreme weather	4.1%	5.9%	1,412
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

34,295 delay minutes on 380 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 March 2026?

72.3% of 1,684 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 82.3% of 1,315 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 72.3% and 4.3% in March 2026.

Provenance

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