Flights Fort Lauderdale → Richmond
FLL → RIC
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Lauderdale to Richmond operates with an Embraer 190 aircraft and has a 50% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 32.5 minutes when flights are not on time. The destination airport, which opened in 1931, serves approximately 4,068,689 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Fort Lauderdale (FLL) → Richmond (RIC) route is operated by JetBlue Airways. Across 301 flights monitored in recent months, 52% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 32 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.99%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Richmond the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Richmond: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Richmond (RIC) heads north for about 1,299 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 3m.
Departures from Fort Lauderdale on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 80% of FLL-RIC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Richmond it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 301 tracked FLL-RIC flights, 52% left on time with an average delay of 32 min and a 3.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about FLL-RIC
On the Fort Lauderdale (FLL) -> Richmond (RIC) route, on-time performance is 52% with an average delay of 32 minutes, based on 301 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Lauderdale-Richmond is 2.99% across 301 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: JetBlue Airways.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
