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Airport Reliability

ORF · Norfolk

Norfolk International Airport

80%
Departures within 15 minutes
15 min
Average departure delay
75%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
2.9%
Departures cancelled

Based on 25,019 departures and 25,019 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

Departures from ORF departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 64% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

Departures from ORF arrived on time 82% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 75%.

Ticking up lately.

Departures from ORF arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% in the three months before that.

When ORF gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(1232 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(6567 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(3676 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(4143 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(4667 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(3895 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM64%(72 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(3548 flights)
  • Tue80%(3308 flights)
  • Wed82%(3310 flights)
  • Thu79%(3590 flights)
  • Fri78%(3594 flights)
  • Sat80%(3219 flights)
  • Sun75%(3683 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 70% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%2209
July 202569%2223
August 202580%2225
September 202586%2087
October 202581%2198
November 202580%1930
December 202572%1955
January 202682%1641
February 202681%1626
March 202678%1943
April 202684%2058
May 202682%2157

Airlines departing ORF

Busiest routes from ORF

Based on 25,019 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.