Atlanta (ATL) – Richmond (RIC)
- Distance
- 774 km
- 481 mi · 418 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 31 min / 1 h 41 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → RIC / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 97 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (57 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 791,962
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −13.8%
- Flights / week
- 101
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 978,047 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- DL, F9
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ATL
- 54°
- Heading from RIC
- 238°
- Halfway point
- 35.62, -80.96
- Great-circle km
- 773 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → RIC
- 1 h 7 min
- In the air RIC → ATL
- 1 h 15 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 74,188 |
| Sep 2025 | 67,268 |
| Oct 2025 | 72,290 |
| Nov 2025 | 59,150 |
| Dec 2025 | 66,155 |
| Jan 2026 | 51,255 |
| Feb 2026 | 53,440 |
| Mar 2026 | 63,328 |
| Apr 2026 | 66,747 |
| May 2026 | 72,981 |
| Jun 2026 | 71,892 |
| Jul 2026 | 73,268 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 452 |
| Sep 2025 | 418 |
| Oct 2025 | 458 |
| Nov 2025 | 414 |
| Dec 2025 | 452 |
| Jan 2026 | 390 |
| Feb 2026 | 375 |
| Mar 2026 | 445 |
| Apr 2026 | 456 |
| May 2026 | 470 |
| Jun 2026 | 451 |
| Jul 2026 | 459 |
Airlines flying ATL–RIC nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 98 | 98% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 2.6 | 2% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-900ER · 2,656 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 1,692 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 738 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 76 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 38 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 19 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 9 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 5 flights
Also carried: 109 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 85%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 12 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2%
- Flights counted
- 5,348
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 85.5% | 11 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 64.2% | 33 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 50% · aircraft arriving late 29% · air traffic system 18% · weather 3% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $324
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $279
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 86% of passengers · $348
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 7% of passengers · $127
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $260 · Q3 2025 $262 · Q4 2025 $282 · Q1 2026 $324).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 773 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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