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Airport month · October 2023
Norfolk International in October 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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,981 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 88.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.2% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 86.1% of the time (1,980 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 87.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.6%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2023 | Year earlier | ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 88.0% | — | 78.3% | 83.8% |
| Arrived on time | 87.2% | — | 77.4% | 84.0% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | — | 2.5% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.1 min | — | 18.2 min | 11.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 66 | — | 55 | 19,966 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,981 | — | 20,186 | 598,968 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 379 | 19% | 88.7% | -6.8 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 322 | 16% | 86.3% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 302 | 15% | 86.1% | -0.3 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 251 | 13% | 89.2% | -9.8 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 211 | 11% | 92.9% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 210 | 11% | 78.6% | 16.6 min | 0.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 200 | 10% | 91.0% | -1.2 min | 1.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 62 | 3% | 85.5% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 30 | 2% | 80.0% | 28.1 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 8 | 0% | 37.5% | 37.4 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 5 | 0% | 100.0% | -15.4 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 1 | 0% | 100.0% | -18.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORF–ATL | Norfolk to Atlanta | 211 | 92.9% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–CLT | Norfolk to Charlotte | 205 | 86.3% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–JFK | Norfolk to New York | 186 | 91.4% | -13.9 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–LGA | Norfolk to New York | 165 | 86.1% | -5.6 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–BWI | Norfolk to Baltimore | 144 | 88.2% | -3.5 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–DCA | Norfolk to Washington | 120 | 82.5% | -4.6 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–EWR | Norfolk to Newark | 117 | 89.7% | -6.8 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–IAD | Norfolk to Washington | 112 | 83.9% | -5.2 min | 1.8% |
| ORF–PHL | Norfolk to Philadelphia | 95 | 89.5% | -6.8 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–ORD | Norfolk to Chicago | 93 | 92.5% | 4.3 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–DFW | Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth | 89 | 71.9% | 30.3 min | 1.1% |
| ORF–MCO | Norfolk to Orlando | 89 | 87.6% | 8.9 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ORF on time in October 2023?
88.0% of 1,981 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
October 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 October 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.