OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

New York to Norfolk

290 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on JFK–ORF arrive on time 82% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate82%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled4.2%of scheduled flights

based on 733 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Republic Airways
    On-time82%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel4.2%
    Flights733

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline21%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)26%
  • Late aircraft53%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline6%
  • Weather61%
  • Air traffic (NAS)32%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 31 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 JFK → 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 73% to 87% on time.

  • Middays87% on time · p90 20 min · 1,310 flights
  • Mornings86% on time · p90 15 min · 792 flights
  • Afternoons77% on time · p90 35 min · 848 flights
  • Evenings75% on time · p90 50 min · 401 flights
  • Overnights73% on time · p90 55 min · 478 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 87% on time.

  • Wednesdays87% on time · p90 10 min · 533 flights
  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 20 min · 535 flights
  • Thursdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 534 flights
  • Mondays81% on time · p90 25 min · 538 flights
  • Sundays81% on time · p90 25 min · 546 flights
  • Saturdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 606 flights
  • Fridays76% on time · p90 40 min · 537 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.