OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Boston to Richmond

474 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BOS–RIC arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.5%of scheduled flights

based on 1,766 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Republic Airwaysbest
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.4%
    Flights916
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel1.5%
    Flights850

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline32%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)18%
  • Late aircraft49%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly BOS → RIC

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 87% on time.

  • Mornings87% on time · p90 20 min · 1,517 flights
  • Middays81% on time · p90 30 min · 798 flights
  • Afternoons78% on time · p90 40 min · 1,115 flights
  • Evenings69% on time · p90 75 min · 638 flights
  • Overnights69% on time · p90 75 min · 1,229 flights

Best day of week

Wednesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 85% on time.

  • Wednesdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 777 flights
  • Tuesdays80% on time · p90 30 min · 783 flights
  • Saturdays79% on time · p90 45 min · 573 flights
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 40 min · 813 flights
  • Fridays76% on time · p90 55 min · 803 flights
  • Thursdays76% on time · p90 60 min · 798 flights
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 70 min · 750 flights
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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.