Route Reliability
Detroit → Norfolk
DTW–ORF · 529 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Norfolk International Airport
- 75%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 12 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.4%
- Cancelled
- 1,022
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Airlines on this route
- Delta Air Lines75% on time · 974 flights
- Spirit Airlines76% 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
The 12–3 PM departure wins.
DTW–ORF flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 76% of the time, versus 68% between 3–6 PM.
Skip Monday if you can.
DTW–ORF flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 70%.
Trending in the right direction.
DTW–ORF flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 64% 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
- Mon70%(152 flights)
- Tue82%(141 flights)
- Wed74%(139 flights)
- Thu81%(149 flights)
- Fri73%(149 flights)
- Sat71%(121 flights)
- Sun74%(152 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM76%(360 flights)
- 12–3 PM76%(267 flights)
- 3–6 PM68%(75 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM75%(301 flights)
Jun 75% → May 83% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 75% | 105 |
| July 2025 | 70% | 104 |
| August 2025 | 83% | 95 |
| September 2025 | 74% | 77 |
| October 2025 | 89% | 85 |
| November 2025 | 79% | 76 |
| December 2025 | 63% | 84 |
| January 2026 | 52% | 58 |
| February 2026 | 76% | 55 |
| March 2026 | 68% | 82 |
| April 2026 | 81% | 90 |
| May 2026 | 83% | 92 |
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Based on 1,022 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.