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Airport month · November 2023

Norfolk International in November 2023

88.9%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,691 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 88.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.9% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 86.2% of the time (1,692 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 8%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2023Year earlierORF, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time88.9%—78.3%86.0%
Arrived on time88.9%—77.4%86.2%
Cancelled0.1%—2.5%0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)12.1 min—18.2 min9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day56—5518,793
Scheduled departures1,691—20,186563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines25415%87.4%-2.0 min0.0%
AA American Airlines24414%87.3%23.0 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air22313%91.5%-10.4 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline22113%95.9%-13.2 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines21413%86.4%-2.6 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines21213%93.9%-4.7 min0.0%
UA United Airlines1559%91.6%-6.5 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines754%69.3%15.2 min1.3%
MQ Envoy Air282%92.9%-13.9 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines251%80.0%1.4 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines251%80.0%6.8 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air151%60.0%109.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ORF–CLTNorfolk to Charlotte20186.1%19.6 min0.0%
ORF–ATLNorfolk to Atlanta18793.6%-4.0 min0.0%
ORF–JFKNorfolk to New York16094.4%-15.4 min0.0%
ORF–LGANorfolk to New York15389.5%-5.9 min0.0%
ORF–BWINorfolk to Baltimore14390.9%-4.8 min0.0%
ORF–DCANorfolk to Washington10885.2%-1.4 min0.0%
ORF–EWRNorfolk to Newark10295.1%-9.0 min0.0%
ORF–ORDNorfolk to Chicago9095.6%-13.0 min0.0%
ORF–DFWNorfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth8488.1%-3.6 min0.0%
ORF–MCONorfolk to Orlando8379.5%8.1 min0.0%
ORF–DTWNorfolk to Detroit5988.1%-2.3 min0.0%
ORF–DENNorfolk to Denver4292.9%-7.3 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2023Minutes
Air carrier54.9%42.5%10,205
Late-arriving aircraft33.0%37.3%6,133
National Aviation System7.5%16.2%1,388
Extreme weather4.5%3.7%841
Security0.2%0.3%38
18,605 delay minutes on 185 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left ORF on time in November 2023?

88.9% of 1,691 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.