Richmond Int'l Airport Statistics Summary - March 2025
- Nicholas Failla
- Jun 13
- 3 min read
The Richmond International Airport carried 395,919 passengers in March 2025, a 4% decrease from the 413,316 passengers the airport carried in March 2024. The cancellation rate was 0.05% according to statistics from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Top load factors for March see minor changes from February. Breeze Airways holds the top 3 spots with Tampa, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. Los Angeles is the most recent entry back onto the top load factor list. It has not operated since early January and is now scheduled for the rest of the year. Other airports with high load factors include the hub airports of United (IAH, EWR, & IAD) and American Airlines, with Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) seeing a 91% load factor, which means, on average, only 15 to 20 seats are left open on the 737-800, which the route operates on.
Lowest load factors have generally performed better in March than in February, with the majority of routes staying above 60%. The only routes below 60% are Hartford (BDL) at 55%, Chicago-Midway (MDW) at 49%, and New Haven (HVN) at 46%. Looks like March is a month for Southwest to recover its low load factors from last month, as in February, Baltimore (BWI) was at 50% load factor, so a notable increase this month. Chicago-Midway is still at a low load factor for March; however, according to 2024 statistics, that route typically is not as popular in the earlier months of the year, and gains traction during the summer and latter half of the year. Breeze Airways also still appears to be struggling with its New Haven route. Avelo is a significant competitor at New Haven, as that is their primary East Coast hub. Breeze has not been very successful in other markets at New Haven either, so I would not be surprised to see this route axed within the next year if this load factor trend continues.
No surprise, Atlanta and Charlotte dominate the most frequent departures out of Richmond for March. Even as Southwest Airlines scaled back its Atlanta operations (the SWA Atlanta route ended in April 2025), Delta has filled in the gaps, and during March, operated routes to Atlanta around 7x daily while Southwest was at 1x daily. Leisure destinations in March have the least amount of departures, with business-oriented routes seeing the most frequent departures to airline hub cities, such as LaGuardia, Chicago, Dulles, and Boston. The only leisure destination on this chart is Fort Lauderdale, with 90 departures for March. This route is operated by Spirit and jetBlue.
For March, American, Delta, and United (and their respective regional carriers) we're the top three airlines by passenger share. United, Southwest, and JetBlue were all relatively close in passenger numbers and competitors for the number three spot. Breeze is still experiencing growth at Richmond with 12,000 passengers carried in March, placing them above Spirit Airlines at the number six spot of passenger share. Allegiant is at the bottom of this list with only around 2,500 passengers carried. The majority of Allegiant's routes out of Richmond are seasonal and also leisure-focused, so the low passenger amounts make sense for this month for them. Sun Country does not appear on this list as they only operate in Minneapolis seasonally during the spring to fall time frame.
That's all for the March 2025 statistical summary for the Richmond International Airport! Don't forget to follow 804Aviation on Twitter for more updates!
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