Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – Richmond (RIC)
- Distance
- 1,863 km
- 1,158 mi · 1,006 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 44 min / 3 h 25 min
- Average gate to gate: DFW → RIC / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 234 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (138 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 303,216
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +3.3%
- Flights / week
- 40
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 85%
- 355,518 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- AA, MQ
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 DFW
- 69°
- Heading from RIC
- 260°
- Halfway point
- 35.61, -87.46
- Great-circle km
- 1,859 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DFW → RIC
- 2 h 19 min
- In the air RIC → DFW
- 2 h 53 min
- Clocks
- Richmond is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 25,974 |
| Sep 2025 | 23,506 |
| Oct 2025 | 28,951 |
| Nov 2025 | 25,172 |
| Dec 2025 | 28,584 |
| Jan 2026 | 18,111 |
| Feb 2026 | 19,238 |
| Mar 2026 | 25,961 |
| Apr 2026 | 26,446 |
| May 2026 | 27,230 |
| Jun 2026 | 26,583 |
| Jul 2026 | 27,460 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 188 |
| Sep 2025 | 169 |
| Oct 2025 | 211 |
| Nov 2025 | 191 |
| Dec 2025 | 210 |
| Jan 2026 | 126 |
| Feb 2026 | 132 |
| Mar 2026 | 175 |
| Apr 2026 | 169 |
| May 2026 | 173 |
| Jun 2026 | 173 |
| Jul 2026 | 179 |
Airlines flying DFW–RIC nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 38 | 98% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 2.3 | 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 737-800 · 1,105 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 656 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 125 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 117 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 48 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 35 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 4 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 4 flights
Also carried: 19 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 70.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 25 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.4%
- Flights counted
- 2,156
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 69.3% | 26 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 90.9% | 4 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 29% · aircraft arriving late 50% · air traffic system 12% · weather 9% · 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
- $339
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $318
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 91% of passengers · $339
- Lowest-fare airline
- United Air Lines
- 4% of passengers · $291
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $297 · Q3 2025 $323 · Q4 2025 $320 · Q1 2026 $339).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $346, likely $299–$395
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.4%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,859 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.
More routes from DFW
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| DFW → ATL | 1,177 km | 1,929,257 |
| DFW → ORD | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| DFW → LAX | 1,987 km | 1,914,491 |
| DFW → DEN | 1,032 km | 1,745,260 |
| DFW → LGA | 2,235 km | 1,726,005 |
| DFW → PHX | 1,396 km | 1,648,391 |
| DFW → LAS | 1,698 km | 1,630,211 |
| DFW → MCO | 1,585 km | 1,605,592 |
| DFW → SEA | 2,671 km | 1,577,921 |
| DFW → MIA | 1,804 km | 1,512,657 |