OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Norfolk to Charlotte

290 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate81%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.7%of scheduled flights

based on 2,454 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlinesbest
    On-time83%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel1.5%
    Flights1,513
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel2.1%
    Flights941

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline37%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)8%
  • Late aircraft53%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline5%
  • Weather88%
  • Air traffic (NAS)7%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. 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 ORF → CLT

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 67% to 86% on time.

  • Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 2,953 flights
  • Middays84% on time · p90 25 min · 1,461 flights
  • Afternoons76% on time · p90 60 min · 1,379 flights
  • Evenings70% on time · p90 65 min · 1,326 flights
  • Overnights67% on time · p90 80 min · 580 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 84% on time.

  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 35 min · 1,017 flights
  • Wednesdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 1,073 flights
  • Saturdays81% on time · p90 40 min · 1,034 flights
  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 1,141 flights
  • Mondays78% on time · p90 45 min · 1,135 flights
  • Fridays78% on time · p90 50 min · 1,139 flights
  • Sundays76% on time · p90 55 min · 1,160 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.