OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Boston to Norfolk

468 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BOS–ORF arrive on time 84% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate84%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.3%of scheduled flights

based on 391 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.

  • Republic Airways
    On-time90%
    Medianon time
    p9015 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights208
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.5%
    Flights183

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline47%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)22%
  • Late aircraft32%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)100%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 1 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 BOS → ORF

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

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 90% on time.

  • Mornings90% on time · p90 10 min · 377 flights
  • Middays84% on time · p90 25 min · 501 flights
  • Afternoons67% on time · p90 75 min · 248 flights

Best day of week

Wednesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 92% on time.

  • Wednesdays92% on time · p90 10 min · 145 flights · limited
  • Saturdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 196 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 139 flights · limited
  • Thursdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 149 flights · limited
  • Mondays78% on time · p90 35 min · 189 flights · limited
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 50 min · 186 flights · limited
  • Sundays75% on time · p90 35 min · 173 flights · limited

Keep exploring

Related pages

Delay predictorfor this route→BOS airportBoston→ORF airportNorfolk→Republic Airwaysairline profile→JetBlue Airwaysairline profile→Envoy Airairline profile→Seasonal delay patternsguide→

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.