RIC to EWR flight delays
Richmond, VA (RIC) Newark, NJ (EWR) · 277 miles
532 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
69.29%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
6.95%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
92 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
29 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 6.95% 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 season swings this route hard. In January it ran 62.5 points more punctual than in July — 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.
The route has been getting better. The later months in the record run 17.2 points more punctual than the earlier ones, which usually means a schedule that was too tight has been given more room.
The two directions do not behave alike. EWR to RIC arrives on time 15.9 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Republic Airways arrived on time most often on RIC to EWR. Flights ran closest to schedule in January and worst in July.
Every airline on RIC to EWR
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 532 | 69.29% | 6.95% | 92 min | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
EWR to RIC Newark back to Richmond 85.22% on time COther routes from Richmond
Common questions
Are flights from Richmond to Newark usually delayed?
69.29% of flights on the RIC to EWR 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 Richmond to Newark?
Only Republic Airways appears in the published record on this route, with 532 flights and 69.29% arriving on time.
How often are RIC to EWR flights cancelled?
6.95% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 70 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Richmond to Newark?
January, when 87.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 25%.
When RIC to EWR flights are late, how late are they?
About 92 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 RIC to EWR during January 2025 – August 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 →