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Airport month · September 2023
Norfolk International in September 2023
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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,974 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 80.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.0% reached their destination on time; 4.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so ORF departures were level with the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 76.7% of the time (1,975 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 79.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.4%
- Cancelled 4.5%
- Diverted 0.2%
September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2023 | Year earlier | ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.2% | — | 78.3% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 79.0% | — | 77.4% | 80.1% |
| Cancelled | 4.5% | — | 2.5% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.2 min | — | 18.2 min | 14.1 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 66 | — | 55 | 18,978 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,974 | — | 20,186 | 569,338 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 401 | 20% | 71.8% | 4.6 min | 10.2% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 261 | 13% | 82.8% | -2.1 min | 1.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 255 | 13% | 75.7% | 19.6 min | 1.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 252 | 13% | 82.1% | 5.4 min | 3.2% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 245 | 12% | 81.6% | 4.8 min | 1.2% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 213 | 11% | 76.1% | 9.2 min | 10.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 203 | 10% | 93.6% | -1.2 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 59 | 3% | 74.6% | -3.6 min | 10.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 30 | 2% | 63.3% | 13.3 min | 6.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 28 | 1% | 75.0% | 10.0 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 25 | 1% | 72.0% | 8.8 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 2 | 0% | 50.0% | 38.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORF–JFK | Norfolk to New York | 229 | 74.2% | 2.9 min | 12.7% |
| ORF–ATL | Norfolk to Atlanta | 203 | 93.6% | -1.2 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–CLT | Norfolk to Charlotte | 184 | 81.0% | 10.4 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–LGA | Norfolk to New York | 174 | 75.9% | 1.4 min | 10.3% |
| ORF–BWI | Norfolk to Baltimore | 139 | 85.6% | 1.7 min | 1.4% |
| ORF–DCA | Norfolk to Washington | 114 | 79.8% | 0.2 min | 0.9% |
| ORF–PHL | Norfolk to Philadelphia | 113 | 85.0% | -4.8 min | 2.7% |
| ORF–IAD | Norfolk to Washington | 111 | 76.6% | 2.0 min | 4.5% |
| ORF–EWR | Norfolk to Newark | 106 | 70.8% | 9.4 min | 12.3% |
| ORF–DFW | Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth | 104 | 71.2% | 22.7 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–ORD | Norfolk to Chicago | 102 | 81.4% | 5.1 min | 2.0% |
| ORF–DTW | Norfolk to Detroit | 77 | 80.5% | 22.6 min | 1.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ORF on time in September 2023?
80.2% of 1,974 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
September 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 September 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.