Norfolk International in August 2023

78.6%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,020 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 78.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.2% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 1.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 75.6% of the time (2,023 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 78.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from ORF in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	78.6%	—	78.3%	76.7%
Arrived on time	78.2%	—	77.4%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.9%	—	2.5%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.8 min	—	18.2 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	67	—	55	20,100
Scheduled departures	2,020	—	20,186	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	424	21%	81.4%	1.9 min	2.4%
OH PSA Airlines	267	13%	78.7%	6.1 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	260	13%	73.5%	31.9 min	1.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	256	13%	77.3%	9.1 min	0.8%
UA United Airlines	246	12%	84.6%	6.2 min	2.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	215	11%	77.7%	6.8 min	2.8%
9E Endeavor Air	186	9%	84.9%	6.5 min	1.1%
NK Spirit Airlines	62	3%	50.0%	46.0 min	1.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	31	2%	67.7%	16.7 min	6.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	31	2%	61.3%	27.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	24	1%	66.7%	13.1 min	8.3%
MQ Envoy Air	18	1%	83.3%	13.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ORF–JFK	Norfolk to New York	219	82.2%	5.6 min	2.3%
ORF–ATL	Norfolk to Atlanta	215	77.7%	6.8 min	2.8%
ORF–CLT	Norfolk to Charlotte	214	76.6%	22.4 min	2.8%
ORF–LGA	Norfolk to New York	189	85.2%	-1.9 min	2.6%
ORF–BWI	Norfolk to Baltimore	145	80.7%	5.3 min	1.4%
ORF–DCA	Norfolk to Washington	114	71.1%	13.0 min	0.9%
ORF–EWR	Norfolk to Newark	111	85.6%	-0.3 min	2.7%
ORF–IAD	Norfolk to Washington	98	83.7%	1.8 min	0.0%
ORF–ORD	Norfolk to Chicago	96	82.3%	11.6 min	1.0%
ORF–DFW	Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	71.0%	33.8 min	0.0%
ORF–DTW	Norfolk to Detroit	93	74.2%	21.8 min	1.1%
ORF–PHL	Norfolk to Philadelphia	81	88.9%	-3.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	25.7%	36.7%	9,804
Late-arriving aircraft	47.8%	42.2%	18,239
National Aviation System	18.8%	15.7%	7,164
Extreme weather	7.6%	5.1%	2,895
Security	0.1%	0.2%	20

38,122 delay minutes on 399 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left ORF on time in August 2023?

78.6% of 2,020 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ORF · methodology · corrections.