Norfolk International in January 2024

81.8%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,482 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 81.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.6% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 7.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 73.9% of the time (1,483 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 79.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.0%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from ORF in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	81.8%	—	78.3%	74.0%
Arrived on time	79.6%	—	77.4%	72.9%
Cancelled	2.2%	—	2.5%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.0 min	—	18.2 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	49	—	55	18,242
Scheduled departures	1,482	—	20,186	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	246	17%	76.4%	20.0 min	1.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	226	15%	78.8%	3.6 min	1.3%
OH PSA Airlines	206	14%	69.4%	13.1 min	4.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	174	12%	88.5%	-1.0 min	1.1%
YX Republic Airline	170	11%	86.5%	-7.0 min	1.8%
UA United Airlines	166	11%	87.3%	-5.4 min	1.2%
9E Endeavor Air	160	11%	73.8%	10.6 min	5.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	79	5%	81.0%	5.4 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	22	1%	77.3%	5.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	22	1%	77.3%	6.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	11	1%	72.7%	7.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ORF–CLT	Norfolk to Charlotte	203	76.4%	17.6 min	1.0%
ORF–ATL	Norfolk to Atlanta	167	88.0%	-0.5 min	1.2%
ORF–BWI	Norfolk to Baltimore	129	80.6%	0.5 min	1.6%
ORF–LGA	Norfolk to New York	123	77.2%	1.3 min	4.1%
ORF–DCA	Norfolk to Washington	107	65.4%	19.1 min	6.5%
ORF–MCO	Norfolk to Orlando	85	77.6%	8.6 min	0.0%
ORF–ORD	Norfolk to Chicago	85	80.0%	-2.5 min	2.4%
ORF–DFW	Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth	80	67.5%	25.8 min	3.8%
ORF–JFK	Norfolk to New York	80	86.3%	7.2 min	3.8%
ORF–EWR	Norfolk to Newark	54	87.0%	-10.2 min	3.7%
ORF–MIA	Norfolk to Miami	53	84.9%	2.7 min	0.0%
ORF–PHL	Norfolk to Philadelphia	51	84.3%	-2.7 min	2.0%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.6%	32.6%	7,333
Late-arriving aircraft	46.1%	39.0%	9,773
National Aviation System	16.1%	17.9%	3,407
Extreme weather	3.3%	10.3%	706
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

21,219 delay minutes on 267 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 January 2024?

81.8% of 1,482 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.