OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Richmond to Dallas-Fort Worth

1,158 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on RIC–DFW arrive on time 66% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate66%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.7%of scheduled flights

based on 1,017 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlines
    On-time66%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel2.7%
    Flights1,017

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline23%
  • Weather13%
  • Air traffic (NAS)16%
  • Late aircraft48%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline4%
  • Weather93%
  • Air traffic (NAS)4%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 27 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly RIC → DFW

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 67% to 77% on time.

  • Mornings77% on time · p90 35 min · 1,095 flights
  • Middays72% on time · p90 50 min · 137 flights · limited
  • Evenings67% on time · p90 70 min · 768 flights
  • Afternoons67% on time · p90 70 min · 1,089 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 66% to 77% on time.

  • Tuesdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 412 flights
  • Thursdays74% on time · p90 50 min · 468 flights
  • Wednesdays72% on time · p90 60 min · 421 flights
  • Fridays71% on time · p90 55 min · 453 flights
  • Sundays69% on time · p90 60 min · 479 flights
  • Mondays68% on time · p90 70 min · 449 flights
  • Saturdays66% on time · p90 75 min · 407 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.