Norfolk, VA · Airport profile
ORF
Norfolk International Airport
ORF right now
Live conditions where a permitted source publishes them, and the historical record where none does.
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Airport reliability
Best time to fly from ORF
On-time arrival rate by scheduled local departure time.
Flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 87.9% of the time, against 60.4% for 9 PM–5 AM departures — a gap of 27.5 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Buckets with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
What to expect at ORF
How busy the airport is through the day, from scheduled departure volume.
Scheduled departures by hour
The busiest hour is 6 AM, with about 10 departures a day, against roughly 0 at 9 PM. Counterintuitively, that peak is also more punctual than a typical hour here — early banks fly aircraft that have been on the ground overnight rather than ones inheriting the day’s delays.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Taxi-out is the time between leaving the gate and lifting off, averaged across departures and weighted by hour.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 5.7 percentage points.
By month
July is historically the weakest month and October the strongest, a spread of 16.8 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026
Airlines at ORF
Departure performance by operating carrier. Regional flights are reported by the carrier that operated them, not by the mainline brand.
| Carrier | Departures | On time | Cancelled | Median delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways YX | 10,055 | 81.4% | 4.07% | -10 min |
| Southwest Airlines WN | 9,501 | 80.4% | 0.74% | -5 min |
| PSA Airlines OH | 9,264 | 78.0% | 2.31% | -8 min |
| American Airlines AA | 8,465 | 79.0% | 1.93% | -7 min |
| Delta Air Lines DL | 8,287 | 84.2% | 1.28% | -8 min |
| United Airlines UA | 6,160 | 83.1% | 1.77% | -8 min |
| Endeavor Air 9E | 3,469 | 82.0% | 3.00% | -10 min |
| Spirit Airlines NK | 2,296 | 74.2% | 3.61% | -6 min |
| Envoy Air MQ | 1,348 | 79.7% | 1.48% | -8 min |
| SkyWest Airlines OO | 1,058 | 77.0% | 0.95% | -5 min |
| Frontier Airlines F9 | 1,028 | 69.4% | 2.63% | -2 min |
| Allegiant Air G4 | 533 | 61.4% | 3.75% | 5 min |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Carriers with fewer than 500 departures are not listed.
Routes from ORF
Ranked by FlyerIntel Route Reliability Score.
Busiest routes
| Destination | Flights | On time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORF → ATL Atlanta | 7,990 | 83.6% | 71 |
| ORF → CLT Charlotte | 7,701 | 81.4% | 63 |
| ORF → LGA New York | 4,677 | 79.1% | 51 |
| ORF → BWI Baltimore | 4,654 | 83.4% | 78 |
| ORF → ORD Chicago | 4,241 | 80.0% | 65 |
| ORF → JFK New York | 3,667 | 83.7% | 59 |
| ORF → DCA Washington | 3,596 | 73.6% | 43 |
| ORF → DFW Dallas–Fort Worth | 3,057 | 73.0% | 42 |
| ORF → EWR Newark | 2,630 | 81.3% | 53 |
| ORF → PHL Philadelphia | 2,509 | 78.9% | 57 |
| ORF → MCO Orlando | 2,413 | 75.2% | 54 |
| ORF → DTW Detroit | 2,316 | 81.5% | 66 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Only routes with at least 750 flights are ranked.
Reliability over time
On-time arrival rate for departures, by month.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026
Data and sources
Historical statistics
Every historical figure on this page is calculated by FlyerIntel from US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time performance records covering July 2023 – June 2026, comprising 61,949 departures from ORF. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule.
Full methodology · All data sources
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Live conditions
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