On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Miami to Richmond: on-time record

Miami International to Richmond International

68.9%arrived 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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.

Flights from Miami (MIA) to Richmond (RIC) arrived on time 68.9% of the time in the 12 months to July 2026. Reporting carriers scheduled 586 flights on the route in that period, about 1.6 a day, a distance of 826 miles.

That is 7.1 points below the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 3.4 points below the 72.3% recorded for all departures from MIA. Flights that did arrive were 18.3 min late on average, and 1.7% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

2 reporting carriers flew the route at least 60 times. Envoy Air had the highest on-time share at 85.8% of 106 flights; American Airlines had the lowest at 65.3% of 476.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at MIA), flights leaving from 4 pm to 5 pm had the highest on-time share, 80.2%; those leaving from 3 pm to 4 pm had the lowest, 56.2%.

The on-time share is down 0.8 points on the previous 12 months (69.7%); cancellations moved from 1.2% to 1.7%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 9%.

68.9%arrived on timenational 76.0%
18.3 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
1.7%cancellednational 1.8%
49flights a month586 in 12 months · 826 miles
Every scheduled MIA to RIC flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines47681%65.3%20.2 min1.9%
MQ Envoy Air10618%85.8%-0.6 min0.9%

Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.

Compared with the airports and the nation

MeasureMIA to RICAll departures from MIAAll arrivals at RICAll reported flights
Arrived on time68.9%72.3%72.9%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late28.7%25.7%24.2%21.9%
Cancelled1.7%1.6%2.7%1.8%
Diverted0.7%0.4%0.2%0.3%
Average arrival delay18.3 min11.0 min9.7 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights2,4721,9361,7061,684
Scheduled flights586111,18619,2397,043,858

12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.

The return direction, RIC to MIA, recorded 79.0% on time across 585 flights in the same period.

Month by month

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Share of scheduled MIA to RIC flights that arrived on time, Aug 2023 to Jul 2026. Green columns are at or above the national figure for that month (the dark tick), amber below it, red more than eight points below.

Year on year: on time 68.9% against 69.7% (−0.8 pts), cancelled 1.7% against 1.2%, flights 586 against 432.

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of flights that arrived on time, by the hour they were scheduled to leave MIA (local time), 12 months to July 2026. Faded cells have few flights. Hover or tap a cell for counts.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNationalMinutes
Air carrier36.1%33.3%5,002
Late-arriving aircraft48.6%39.7%6,744
National Aviation System9.0%20.7%1,245
Extreme weather6.2%6.1%865
Security0.1%0.1%15
13,871 delay minutes on 168 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Seasonality

Calendar monthFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg arrival delayYears in sample
Jan16168.9%3.7%10.8 min3
Feb12778.7%0.0%4.6 min3
Mar14964.4%4.7%14.4 min3
Apr12374.0%0.0%14.2 min3
May12268.0%0.8%15.5 min3
Jun11558.3%0.9%37.6 min3
Jul11956.3%0.8%27.6 min3
Aug9454.3%2.1%47.2 min3
Sep9075.6%0.0%15.3 min3
Oct9378.5%1.1%3.4 min3
Nov11778.6%0.9%11.7 min3
Dec13671.3%0.0%7.1 min3

Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.

Other routes from Miami (MIA)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MIA–ATLMiami to Atlanta6,26172.3%13.6 min1.6%
MIA–LGAMiami to New York5,99064.5%18.8 min3.9%
MIA–DFWMiami to Dallas/Fort Worth4,81871.3%12.8 min2.6%
MIA–JFKMiami to New York4,53069.6%14.1 min2.8%
MIA–ORDMiami to Chicago4,45069.0%14.8 min2.0%
MIA–DCAMiami to Washington3,95673.6%9.2 min1.8%
MIA–EWRMiami to Newark3,95169.7%14.9 min2.7%
MIA–MCOMiami to Orlando3,76571.9%14.1 min0.9%

All 97 routes and the airport record for MIA · airport record for RIC

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Miami to Richmond on time?

68.9% of the 586 flights scheduled from MIA to RIC in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.

Which airline has the highest on-time share from MIA to RIC?

Among reporting carriers with at least 60 flights on the route, Envoy Air had the highest on-time share (85.8%), followed by American Airlines (65.3%). Differences of a point or two on a few hundred flights are small.

What causes delays between Miami and Richmond?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 36%, national aviation system 9%, extreme weather 6%, security 0%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.

What time of day has the highest on-time share from MIA?

Flights scheduled to leave MIA from 4 pm to 5 pm arrived on time 80.2% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 3 pm to 4 pm at 56.2%. Delays tend to build through the day as late aircraft carry over to later flights.

Is it getting better?

The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 68.9%, down 0.8 points on the previous 12 months (69.7%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, February had the highest on-time share (78.7%) and August the lowest (54.3%).

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.