RIC → SFORichmond to San Francisco

live

Direct flights from Richmond (RIC) to San Francisco (SFO): 2 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 20 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 3,932 km, an estimated 5 hours 32 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Richmond and San Francisco. Updated 12 September 2026 at 19:38 UTC.

RIC Richmond busy · +28
SFO San Francisco smooth · +2
3,932 km · ~5h 32m est.
departs 08:362x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 2x weekly · nonstop
81 / 100

route health from live RIC and SFO delay boards

Median arrival delay is −20 min. 0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival−20 minacross the last 3 operated legs
Flight time~5h 32mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures2x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Breeze Airways

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
Breeze AirwaysMX

Flights MX236 08:36 We Sa

History

operated legs · board outcomes
09-12MX236dep +23 → arr−20
09-09MX236dep +2 → arr−39
09-05MX236dep +0 → arr−14

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
RICRichmond +28 min busy ⛅ overcast · ESE 8 kt Full RIC delay board →
SFOSan Francisco +2 min smooth 🌤 scattered clouds · W 15 kt Full SFO delay board →

Weather lens

Current conditions put the pressure at SFO: 56% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +22 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Richmond to San Francisco route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop RIC to SFO flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

Cite this data

Journalists, bloggers, and researchers may cite this page with attribution and a link to Pro Flight Search.

Suggested citation

Pro Flight Search — Richmond (RIC) to San Francisco (SFO) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.

Canonical URL
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/RIC-SFO
How we measure this →

RIC to SFO questions

Is RIC–SFO running on time right now?

Mostly on schedule. The departure side at RIC is the weaker end, route health score 81/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from RIC to SFO?

Great-circle distance is 3,932 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 308–367 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does RIC–SFO fly?

Breeze Airways runs the route with about 2 flights a week (wed, sat). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at RIC and arrival-side delay at SFO, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.