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Route Reliability

Norfolk → Dallas–Fort Worth

ORF–DFW · 1,212 miles · Norfolk International Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

57
A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
25 min
Average arrival delay
2.6%
Cancelled
1,015
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines71% on time · 967 flights
  • Frontier Airlines75% 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

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORF–DFW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 58% between 6–9 PM.

Saturdays have been rough.

ORF–DFW flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Fridays and just 60% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

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
  • Mon68%(137 flights)
  • Tue75%(113 flights)
  • Wed74%(125 flights)
  • Thu73%(167 flights)
  • Fri80%(139 flights)
  • Sat60%(123 flights)
  • Sun67%(175 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(350 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM71%(28 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(29 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(348 flights)
  • 6–9 PM58%(224 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 56% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202556%106
July 202561%105
August 202565%81
September 202572%76
October 202578%81
November 202578%81
December 202569%80
January 202685%58
February 202675%64
March 202674%82
April 202677%83
May 202674%82

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Based on 1,015 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.