Norfolk International in December 2023

85.8%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,657 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 85.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.5% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 81.2% of the time (1,655 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 86.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.8%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	85.8%	—	78.3%	83.1%
Arrived on time	86.5%	—	77.4%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	2.5%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.4 min	—	18.2 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	55	—	55	19,013
Scheduled departures	1,657	—	20,186	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	264	16%	83.7%	2.6 min	1.1%
YX Republic Airline	232	14%	91.4%	-13.6 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	230	14%	89.6%	2.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	220	13%	87.7%	-1.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	220	13%	85.5%	-3.6 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	171	10%	86.0%	0.0 min	1.2%
UA United Airlines	149	9%	87.9%	5.3 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	91	5%	72.5%	8.3 min	2.2%
MQ Envoy Air	29	2%	96.6%	8.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	27	2%	88.9%	31.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	1%	72.2%	27.9 min	5.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	6	0%	83.3%	-1.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ORF–ATL	Norfolk to Atlanta	199	89.4%	1.8 min	0.0%
ORF–CLT	Norfolk to Charlotte	195	88.2%	-2.6 min	0.0%
ORF–BWI	Norfolk to Baltimore	149	85.9%	0.9 min	0.7%
ORF–LGA	Norfolk to New York	134	85.1%	-2.2 min	2.2%
ORF–JFK	Norfolk to New York	131	88.5%	-4.7 min	0.8%
ORF–DCA	Norfolk to Washington	104	84.6%	-6.8 min	0.0%
ORF–ORD	Norfolk to Chicago	89	88.8%	-4.9 min	0.0%
ORF–MCO	Norfolk to Orlando	84	77.4%	18.0 min	0.0%
ORF–DFW	Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth	79	88.6%	-1.0 min	0.0%
ORF–EWR	Norfolk to Newark	74	85.1%	-4.9 min	0.0%
ORF–DTW	Norfolk to Detroit	62	90.3%	-3.2 min	0.0%
ORF–MIA	Norfolk to Miami	58	91.4%	-6.0 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	42.7%	37.1%	7,664
Late-arriving aircraft	35.9%	38.8%	6,435
National Aviation System	16.9%	17.6%	3,026
Extreme weather	4.3%	6.2%	778
Security	0.1%	0.3%	25

17,928 delay minutes on 212 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 December 2023?

85.8% of 1,657 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.