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Route Reliability

Washington → Norfolk

DCA–ORF · 142 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Norfolk International Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
64%
Arrive within 15 minutes
22 min
Average arrival delay
4.8%
Cancelled
1,055
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 64% of the time across 1,055 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DCA–ORF flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 73% of the time, versus 57% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DCA–ORF flights arrived on time 79% of the time on Saturdays and just 55% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.8% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

DCA–ORF flights arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 57% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon65%(144 flights)
  • Tue61%(148 flights)
  • Wed66%(148 flights)
  • Thu62%(142 flights)
  • Fri55%(143 flights)
  • Sat79%(134 flights)
  • Sun64%(144 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM73%(219 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM68%(115 flights)
  • 12–3 PM65%(187 flights)
  • 3–6 PM62%(131 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(86 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM57%(265 flights)
On-time trend by month
69%
May

Jun 60% → May 69% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202560%87
July 202558%78
August 202568%90
September 202575%87
October 202565%93
November 202565%85
December 202549%63
January 202655%76
February 202668%81
March 202667%84
April 202669%88
May 202669%91

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Based on 1,055 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.