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Route Reliability

Norfolk → Denver

ORF–DEN · 1,553 miles · Norfolk International Airport to Denver International Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
599
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines86%377 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines72%222 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORF–DEN flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 60% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ORF–DEN flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 75%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 86% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 72%.

Ticking up lately.

ORF–DEN flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(85 flights)
  • Tue79%(76 flights)
  • Wed83%(75 flights)
  • Thu86%(84 flights)
  • Fri79%(86 flights)
  • Sat84%(90 flights)
  • Sun75%(92 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM88%(361 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(1 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(102 flights)
  • 3–6 PM60%(123 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
70%
May

Jun 89% → May 70% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202589%62
July 202571%58
August 202572%60
September 202588%60
October 202580%61
November 202588%50
December 202577%47
January 202683%42
February 202678%46
March 202688%33
April 202690%29
May 202670%40

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Based on 599 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.