OnTimeStats

Airport on-time performance

ORF

Norfolk

Data through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
On-time rate77%flights departing here that arrived on time
Median delayon timetypical departure delay
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 departures is worsetail risk
Cancelled2.3%of scheduled departures
Left the gate on time81%departures that pushed back within 15 min of schedule (DepDel15)

based on 19,872 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

As a connection hub

Arriving here (inbound performance)

These figures reflect inbound flights arriving at this airport — relevant for connections and layovers.

73%arrived on time here
(within 15 min, inbound flights)
  • On time73%
  • 15–59 min late16%
  • 1–2 hr late5%
  • 2 hr+ late3%
  • Cancelled or diverted2%

Arrival outcomes for inbound flights. Last segment = cancelled or diverted.

Bad day: 1 in 10 flights arrives more than 55 min late.

By airline

Carriers departing here (last 12 months)

Delay = arrival delay (ArrDel15-based)

  • Delta Air Linesbest
    On-time82%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel1.4%
    Flights3,037
  • United Airlines
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel1.2%
    Flights1,471
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights3,035
  • Envoy Air
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights130
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.4%
    Flights278
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel2.0%
    Flights198
  • American Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.9%
    Flights2,621
  • Republic Airways
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel4.1%
    Flights3,216
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel3.3%
    Flights3,205
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time51%
    Median10 min
    p90105 min
    Cancel0.7%
    Flights153

Over time

Departure on-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

Where flights go

Busiest routes

ORF → ATL→ORF → CLT→ORF → BWI→ORF → ORD→ORF → DFW→ORF → DTW→ORF → EWR→ORF → LGA→ORF → IAD→ORF → PHL→
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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.