RIC to IAD flight delays
Richmond, VA (RIC) Washington, VA (IAD) · 100 miles
141 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
88.24%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.55%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
61 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
8 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: 3.55% 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.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from RIC overall run 8.3 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion RIC has, this route is largely escaping it.
Flights from Richmond to Washington are among the most dependable in the record. A route this punctual is usually a short hop between airports with slots to spare.
Only Republic Airways flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Republic Airways arrived on time most often on RIC to IAD. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in June.
Every airline on RIC to IAD
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 | 141 | 88.24% | 3.55% | 61 min | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
IAD to RIC Washington back to Richmond 91.75% on time AOther routes from Richmond
Common questions
Are flights from Richmond to Washington usually delayed?
88.24% of flights on the RIC to IAD route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Richmond to Washington?
Only Republic Airways appears in the published record on this route, with 141 flights and 88.24% arriving on time.
How often are RIC to IAD flights cancelled?
3.55% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 36 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
When RIC to IAD flights are late, how late are they?
About 61 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 IAD 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 →