Historical on-time performance
Richmond to Denver
1,482 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on RIC–DEN arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.4%of scheduled flights
based on 549 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- United AirlinesbestOn-time85%Medianon timep9025 minCancel0.6%Flights337
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time67%Medianon timep9045 minCancel0.0%Flights212
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline53%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)22%
- Late aircraft24%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly RIC → DEN
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 65% to 86% on time.
- Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 1,182 flights
- Middays82% on time · p90 25 min · 174 flights · limited
- Evenings69% on time · p90 60 min · 125 flights · limited
- Afternoons65% on time · p90 60 min · 661 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 81% on time.
- Wednesdays81% on time · p90 30 min · 284 flights
- Tuesdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 289 flights
- Fridays78% on time · p90 35 min · 315 flights
- Mondays78% on time · p90 40 min · 312 flights
- Saturdays78% on time · p90 30 min · 311 flights
- Thursdays78% on time · p90 30 min · 314 flights
- Sundays74% on time · p90 45 min · 317 flights
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