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Dallas–Fort Worth → Norfolk

DFW–ORF · 1,212 miles · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to Norfolk International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
65%
Arrive within 15 minutes
19 min
Average arrival delay
2.6%
Cancelled
1,015
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines65% on time · 967 flights
  • Frontier Airlines77% on time · 48 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DFW–ORF flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 55% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Saturday if you can.

DFW–ORF flights arrived on time 71% of the time on Wednesdays. On Saturdays: 57%.

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
  • Mon62%(137 flights)
  • Tue70%(115 flights)
  • Wed71%(126 flights)
  • Thu66%(165 flights)
  • Fri69%(141 flights)
  • Sat57%(123 flights)
  • Sun62%(176 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(58 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM77%(352 flights)
  • 12–3 PM58%(227 flights)
  • 6–9 PM55%(346 flights)
On-time trend by month
68%
May

Jun 51% → May 68% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202551%105
July 202553%104
August 202561%83
September 202570%76
October 202587%83
November 202563%82
December 202560%78
January 202666%58
February 202678%64
March 202662%82
April 202672%83
May 202668%85

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,015 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.