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Route Reliability

Houston → Norfolk

IAH–ORF · 1,201 miles · George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Norfolk International Airport

74
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
365
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 76% of the time across 365 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Thursday is the weak spot.

IAH–ORF flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Saturdays. On Thursdays: 69%.

Slipping a little lately.

IAH–ORF flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(51 flights)
  • Tue77%(52 flights)
  • Wed77%(52 flights)
  • Thu69%(49 flights)
  • Fri71%(52 flights)
  • Sat80%(50 flights)
  • Sun78%(51 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 PM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 PM76%(356 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 46% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202546%28
July 202563%30
August 202565%31
September 202586%29
October 202581%31
November 202593%30
December 202568%31
January 202690%29
February 202689%28
March 202676%29
April 202673%30
May 202681%31

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Based on 365 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.