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Route Reliability

Norfolk → Minneapolis

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

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
21 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
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 70% of the time across 350 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ORF–MSP flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 58% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ORF–MSP flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Saturdays and just 62% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

ORF–MSP flights arrived on time 88% 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)
  • Tue71%(52 flights)
  • Wed78%(50 flights)
  • Thu63%(48 flights)
  • Fri67%(51 flights)
  • Sat83%(46 flights)
  • Sun62%(45 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(83 flights)
  • 3–6 PM58%(19 flights)
  • 6–9 PM64%(241 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 41% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202541%29
July 202542%31
August 202572%29
September 202576%29
October 202581%31
November 202575%28
December 202533%27
January 202668%25
February 202683%24
March 202687%30
April 202690%30
May 202687%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.