OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Boston to Norfolk

468 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BOS–ORF arrive on time 81% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate81%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.3%of scheduled flights

based on 361 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Republic Airwaysbest
    On-time90%
    Medianon time
    p9015 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights208
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel0.7%
    Flights153

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline46%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)19%
  • Late aircraft35%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

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 (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 91% on time.

  • Mornings91% on time · p90 10 min · 308 flights
  • Middays84% on time · p90 25 min · 498 flights
  • Afternoons64% on time · p90 80 min · 229 flights
  • Evenings47% on time · p90 125 min · 51 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 75% to 91% on time.

  • Wednesdays91% on time · p90 10 min · 136 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 130 flights · limited
  • Saturdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 174 flights · limited
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 35 min · 139 flights · limited
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 45 min · 180 flights · limited
  • Sundays75% on time · p90 40 min · 150 flights · limited
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 50 min · 177 flights · limited
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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.