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DTW → RIC

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Richmond International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
84.0%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.9%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
88 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
586
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 71%
  • Air traffic control & airport 11%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 10%
  • Extreme weather 7%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 89.6% 77
October 2025 97.5% 40
November 2025 82.8% 30
December 2025 63.2% 38
January 2026 65.4% 56
February 2026 81.5% 54
March 2026 86.4% 44
April 2026 89.2% 65
May 2026 82.1% 39
June 2026 87.0% 54
July 2026 88.5% 61
August 2026 89.3% 28

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Airlines on this route

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
Delta Air Lines 262 87.7% 0.8% 75 min
SkyWest Airlines 206 77.5% 1.0% 106 min
Republic Airways 118 87.2% 0.8% 62 min

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

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