OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Atlanta to Norfolk

516 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ATL–ORF arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.5%of scheduled flights

based on 2,742 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel1.5%
    Flights2,711
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights31

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline48%
  • Weather7%
  • Air traffic (NAS)18%
  • Late aircraft26%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline64%
  • Weather36%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 42 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly ATL → ORF

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 68% to 85% on time.

  • Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 1,609 flights
  • Middays83% on time · p90 25 min · 1,758 flights
  • Afternoons73% on time · p90 50 min · 1,244 flights
  • Overnights70% on time · p90 50 min · 1,767 flights
  • Evenings68% on time · p90 60 min · 1,565 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 69% to 82% on time.

  • Tuesdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 1,065 flights
  • Wednesdays81% on time · p90 30 min · 1,079 flights
  • Saturdays76% on time · p90 40 min · 985 flights
  • Thursdays76% on time · p90 35 min · 1,183 flights
  • Mondays75% on time · p90 50 min · 1,221 flights
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 45 min · 1,224 flights
  • Sundays69% on time · p90 50 min · 1,186 flights

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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.