Richmond International in July 2026

65.3%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,696 domestic departures from Richmond International (RIC). 65.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.2% reached their destination on time; 4.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so RIC departures were 3.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 1,694 departures with 67.2% leaving on time: a change of −1.9 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at RIC that month were on time 62.8% of the time (1,695 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 67.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.4%
Cancelled 4.6%
Diverted 0.9%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	RIC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	65.3%	67.2%	76.3%	68.8%
Arrived on time	67.2%	67.8%	75.9%	69.4%
Cancelled	4.6%	4.1%	2.9%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.8 min	26.7 min	18.1 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	57	57	53	21,066
Scheduled departures	1,696	1,694	19,241	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	460	27%	69.3%	10.9 min	9.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	266	16%	74.4%	14.9 min	2.3%
AA American Airlines	264	16%	72.7%	19.3 min	1.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	203	12%	49.3%	30.5 min	1.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	199	12%	65.3%	22.7 min	6.0%
UA United Airlines	113	7%	73.5%	7.1 min	2.7%
OH PSA Airlines	86	5%	60.5%	29.5 min	2.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	61	4%	68.9%	2.6 min	8.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	26	2%	53.8%	35.3 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	1%	50.0%	38.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RIC–ATL	Richmond to Atlanta	235	72.3%	17.8 min	2.6%
RIC–CLT	Richmond to Charlotte	207	69.6%	17.2 min	1.4%
RIC–LGA	Richmond to New York	187	66.8%	13.8 min	10.7%
RIC–ORD	Richmond to Chicago	186	70.4%	4.9 min	7.5%
RIC–BOS	Richmond to Boston	150	64.0%	24.0 min	10.0%
RIC–DEN	Richmond to Denver	97	54.6%	28.2 min	0.0%
RIC–MCO	Richmond to Orlando	96	52.1%	39.3 min	2.1%
RIC–DFW	Richmond to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	70.0%	36.3 min	1.1%
RIC–BWI	Richmond to Baltimore	62	54.8%	20.6 min	3.2%
RIC–FLL	Richmond to Fort Lauderdale	62	77.4%	-1.3 min	3.2%
RIC–DTW	Richmond to Detroit	61	85.2%	-4.9 min	0.0%
RIC–EWR	Richmond to Newark	61	65.6%	17.9 min	19.7%

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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	33.1%	31.7%	13,595
Late-arriving aircraft	41.4%	41.8%	17,006
National Aviation System	20.1%	19.9%	8,258
Extreme weather	5.3%	6.5%	2,175
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

41,034 delay minutes on 464 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 July 2026?

65.3% of 1,696 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 67.2% of 1,694 departures left on time and 4.1% were cancelled, against 65.3% and 4.6% in July 2026.

Provenance

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