Historical on-time performance
Norfolk to Boston
468 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on ORF–BOS arrive on time 71% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate71%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay85 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.6%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 AirwaysbestOn-time85%Medianon timep9040 minCancel0.5%Flights208
- JetBlue AirwaysOn-time51%Median10 minp90105 minCancel0.7%Flights153
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline29%
- Weather10%
- Air traffic (NAS)38%
- Late aircraft23%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly ORF → BOS
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 79% on time.
- Middays79% on time · p90 45 min · 705 flights
- Afternoons65% on time · p90 80 min · 155 flights · limited
- Evenings52% on time · p90 115 min · 197 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 65% to 82% on time.
- Wednesdays82% on time · p90 35 min · 136 flights · limited
- Saturdays79% on time · p90 70 min · 174 flights · limited
- Tuesdays76% on time · p90 60 min · 130 flights · limited
- Sundays68% on time · p90 65 min · 150 flights · limited
- Mondays68% on time · p90 80 min · 180 flights · limited
- Thursdays68% on time · p90 70 min · 139 flights · limited
- Fridays65% on time · p90 90 min · 178 flights · limited
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