Flights Richmond → Detroit
RIC → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from Richmond to Detroit has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 17.9 minutes. Over the past year, this route has seen 253 total flights departing from Richmond International Airport, which opened in 1931, heading towards Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, one of the busiest airports in the United States serving over 28 million 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 Richmond (RIC) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 332 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 25 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.30%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Richmond the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Richmond (RIC) to Detroit (DTW) heads north-west for about 734 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 20m.
Departures from Richmond on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 36% of RIC-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Richmond the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 332 tracked RIC-DTW flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 25 min and a 0.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about RIC-DTW
On the Richmond (RIC) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 25 minutes, based on 332 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Richmond-Detroit is 0.30% across 332 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
