OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Richmond to New York

292 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on RIC–LGA arrive on time 67% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate67%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled5.8%of scheduled flights

based on 2,155 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Republic Airways
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel5.8%
    Flights2,155

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline20%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)40%
  • Late aircraft34%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline16%
  • Weather46%
  • Air traffic (NAS)38%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 124 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 → LGA

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

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 84% on time.

  • Mornings84% on time · p90 25 min · 2,167 flights
  • Afternoons76% on time · p90 45 min · 894 flights
  • Middays70% on time · p90 50 min · 1,681 flights
  • Evenings63% on time · p90 85 min · 1,460 flights

Best day of week

Saturdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 83% on time.

  • Saturdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 461 flights
  • Wednesdays76% on time · p90 40 min · 1,003 flights
  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 40 min · 996 flights
  • Thursdays73% on time · p90 55 min · 986 flights
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 50 min · 811 flights
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 55 min · 1,002 flights
  • Fridays70% on time · p90 55 min · 1,005 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.