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Route Reliability

Detroit → Norfolk

DTWORF · 529 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Norfolk International Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon70%(152 flights)
  • Tue82%(141 flights)
  • Wed74%(139 flights)
  • Thu81%(149 flights)
  • Fri73%(149 flights)
  • Sat71%(121 flights)
  • Sun74%(152 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(360 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(267 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(75 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM75%(301 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 75% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%105
July 202570%104
August 202583%95
September 202574%77
October 202589%85
November 202579%76
December 202563%84
January 202652%58
February 202676%55
March 202668%82
April 202681%90
May 202683%92

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.