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Route Reliability

Norfolk → Washington

ORF–DCA · 142 miles · Norfolk International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
67%
Arrive within 15 minutes
28 min
Average arrival delay
4.0%
Cancelled
1,056
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 67% of the time across 1,056 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ORF–DCA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 40% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

ORF–DCA flights arrived on time 78% of the time on Saturdays and just 58% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.0% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

ORF–DCA flights arrived on time 71% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 62% 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
  • Mon65%(147 flights)
  • Tue66%(150 flights)
  • Wed66%(146 flights)
  • Thu69%(147 flights)
  • Fri58%(144 flights)
  • Sat78%(134 flights)
  • Sun64%(146 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(116 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(238 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM63%(332 flights)
  • 12–3 PM50%(109 flights)
  • 3–6 PM40%(101 flights)
  • 6–9 PM43%(118 flights)
On-time trend by month
72%
May

Jun 57% → May 72% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202557%89
July 202566%79
August 202576%89
September 202580%89
October 202560%93
November 202558%86
December 202565%63
January 202666%77
February 202656%82
March 202667%88
April 202673%89
May 202672%90

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,056 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.