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Route Reliability

Minneapolis → Norfolk

MSP–ORF · 1,045 miles · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Norfolk International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
62%
Arrive within 15 minutes
19 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
350
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 62% of the time across 350 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

MSP–ORF flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 64% of the time, versus 54% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MSP–ORF flights arrived on time 75% of the time on Thursdays and just 44% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Slipping a little lately.

MSP–ORF flights arrived on time 56% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 62% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon65%(51 flights)
  • Tue54%(52 flights)
  • Wed71%(49 flights)
  • Thu75%(48 flights)
  • Fri57%(51 flights)
  • Sat67%(45 flights)
  • Sun44%(46 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM64%(256 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(3 flights)
  • 6–9 PM54%(83 flights)
On-time trend by month
47%
May

Jun 41% → May 47% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202541%29
July 202553%30
August 202566%29
September 202563%30
October 202577%31
November 202589%27
December 202544%27
January 202676%25
February 202667%24
March 202670%30
April 202650%30
May 202647%30

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Based on 350 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.