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Baltimore → Norfolk

BWI–ORF · 159 miles · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to Norfolk International Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
1,531
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 1,531 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

BWI–ORF flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 63% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

BWI–ORF flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays and just 69% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Slipping a little lately.

BWI–ORF flights arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(225 flights)
  • Tue85%(210 flights)
  • Wed83%(212 flights)
  • Thu79%(223 flights)
  • Fri81%(226 flights)
  • Sat83%(196 flights)
  • Sun69%(218 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM93%(355 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(232 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(187 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(286 flights)
  • 6–9 PM69%(192 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM63%(258 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 72% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%129
July 202564%130
August 202581%139
September 202591%137
October 202581%149
November 202582%117
December 202575%122
January 202692%112
February 202686%110
March 202672%121
April 202683%120
May 202679%124

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Based on 1,531 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.