OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Charlotte to Richmond

256 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.5%of scheduled flights

based on 2,549 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • PSA Airlinesbest
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.8%
    Flights492
  • American Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel1.4%
    Flights2,057

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline29%
  • Weather11%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Late aircraft50%
  • 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 CLT → 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 — 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 1,772 flights
  • Middays82% on time · p90 30 min · 1,307 flights
  • Afternoons69% on time · p90 60 min · 1,687 flights
  • Evenings63% on time · p90 80 min · 1,031 flights
  • Overnights62% on time · p90 85 min · 1,930 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 68% to 79% on time.

  • Tuesdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 1,034 flights
  • Wednesdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 1,088 flights
  • Thursdays74% on time · p90 60 min · 1,145 flights
  • Saturdays73% on time · p90 60 min · 1,018 flights
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 55 min · 1,146 flights
  • Fridays71% on time · p90 65 min · 1,136 flights
  • Sundays68% on time · p90 70 min · 1,164 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.