Best time to fly Boston to Richmond

Every month pooled across the years on record, so "July" means July generally rather than one particular July. Full BOS to RIC record →

Best month

April

82.7% on time · 283 flights

Worst month

July

70.4% on time · 285 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 206 75.1% 6.31% 76 min
February 199 77.7% 7.54% 67 min
March 278 81.7% 1.44% 68 min
April 283 82.7% 0% 48 min
May 306 80.4% 0% 71 min
June 296 80.8% 0.68% 75 min
July 285 70.4% 1.75% 70 min
August 290 80.6% 3.45% 73 min
September 326 77.6% 1.23% 52 min
October 343 78.2% 1.17% 54 min
November 309 79.2% 0.65% 62 min
December 279 74.7% 2.15% 66 min

What a seasonal pattern can and cannot tell you

Months differ for reasons that repeat — summer thunderstorms in the American interior, winter fog and de-icing in northern Europe, school holidays filling every seat and leaving no slack in the schedule. Those are real and they come back each year.

What the pattern cannot do is forecast a particular flight. A quiet month has late days and a bad month has punctual ones. Treat this as a way to choose between two dates you are indifferent about, not as a promise.