PHL to RIC flight delays
Philadelphia, PA (PHL) Richmond, VA (RIC) · 198 miles
297 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
67.83%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.7%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
66 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
22 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In April it ran 38.5 points more punctual than in June — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 3.7% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The route has been getting better. The later months in the record run 10.9 points more punctual than the earlier ones, which usually means a schedule that was too tight has been given more room.
This route does worse than its own airport. PHL as a whole runs 9.4 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, PSA Airlines arrived on time most often on PHL to RIC. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in January.
Every airline on PHL to RIC
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA Airlines | 270 | 66.41% | 4.07% | 67 min | F |
| Republic Airways | 27 | 81.48% | 0% | 52 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
RIC to PHL Richmond back to Philadelphia 62.59% on time FOther routes from Philadelphia
Common questions
Are flights from Philadelphia to Richmond usually delayed?
67.83% of flights on the PHL to RIC route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Philadelphia to Richmond?
Only PSA Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 270 flights and 66.41% arriving on time.
How often are PHL to RIC flights cancelled?
3.7% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 37 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Philadelphia to Richmond?
April, when 85.2% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 46.7%.
When PHL to RIC flights are late, how late are they?
About 66 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on PHL to RIC during July 2024 – July 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →