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Airport month · May 2026
Richmond International in May 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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,623 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 80.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.7% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 3.8 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 1,595 departures with 77.5% leaving on time: a change of +3.4 points, with flights up 2%.
Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 77.7% of the time (1,623 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 80.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.4%
May 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2026 | May 2025 | RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.9% | 77.5% | 76.3% | 77.1% |
| Arrived on time | 80.7% | 75.0% | 75.9% | 77.6% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | 1.2% | 2.9% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.8 min | 16.6 min | 18.1 min | 16.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 54 | 53 | 53 | 20,391 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,623 | 1,595 | 19,241 | 611,735 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 408 | 25% | 80.1% | 2.9 min | 1.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 320 | 20% | 80.9% | 4.6 min | 0.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 255 | 16% | 88.2% | 0.3 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 185 | 11% | 85.4% | 0.5 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 181 | 11% | 72.4% | 11.2 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 86 | 5% | 84.9% | -7.5 min | 2.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 80 | 5% | 72.5% | 7.8 min | 1.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 64 | 4% | 78.1% | 7.1 min | 1.6% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 22 | 1% | 50.0% | 16.3 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 13 | 1% | 76.9% | 26.8 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 9 | 1% | 77.8% | 18.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIC–ATL | Richmond to Atlanta | 234 | 88.9% | -0.2 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–CLT | Richmond to Charlotte | 212 | 82.5% | 3.4 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–LGA | Richmond to New York | 211 | 77.7% | 8.2 min | 2.4% |
| RIC–ORD | Richmond to Chicago | 211 | 81.0% | -2.1 min | 1.4% |
| RIC–BOS | Richmond to Boston | 149 | 83.9% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–DFW | Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth | 90 | 66.7% | 15.2 min | 3.3% |
| RIC–MCO | Richmond to Orlando | 78 | 82.1% | 4.5 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–DEN | Richmond to Denver | 74 | 63.5% | 15.8 min | 1.4% |
| RIC–BWI | Richmond to Baltimore | 62 | 75.8% | 8.8 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–MIA | Richmond to Miami | 60 | 88.3% | -5.5 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–FLL | Richmond to Fort Lauderdale | 54 | 83.3% | 8.5 min | 0.0% |
| RIC–BNA | Richmond to Nashville | 44 | 86.4% | 6.3 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left RIC on time in May 2026?
80.9% of 1,623 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2025, 77.5% of 1,595 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 80.9% and 0.8% in May 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.