Norfolk International in February 2024

89.1%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,427 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 89.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.3% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 5.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 84.2% of the time (1,427 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, national aviation system 27% and air carrier 25%.

On time 85.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.7%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	89.1%	—	78.3%	84.0%
Arrived on time	85.3%	—	77.4%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.7%	—	2.5%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.9 min	—	18.2 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	48	—	55	17,307
Scheduled departures	1,427	—	20,186	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	232	16%	83.2%	3.1 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	203	14%	88.7%	-4.6 min	0.5%
OH PSA Airlines	195	14%	83.6%	-3.0 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	182	13%	84.6%	-2.7 min	2.7%
UA United Airlines	181	13%	86.7%	-7.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	168	12%	83.9%	-3.0 min	1.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	157	11%	92.4%	-8.9 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	76	5%	80.3%	2.7 min	1.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	13	1%	46.2%	32.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	10	1%	90.0%	-4.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	10	1%	80.0%	-0.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ORF–CLT	Norfolk to Charlotte	184	88.0%	-1.3 min	0.0%
ORF–ATL	Norfolk to Atlanta	157	92.4%	-8.9 min	0.0%
ORF–LGA	Norfolk to New York	131	73.3%	6.0 min	3.1%
ORF–BWI	Norfolk to Baltimore	112	88.4%	-6.2 min	0.9%
ORF–DCA	Norfolk to Washington	106	78.3%	-1.1 min	0.0%
ORF–JFK	Norfolk to New York	87	90.8%	-9.9 min	3.4%
ORF–ORD	Norfolk to Chicago	83	89.2%	-5.7 min	0.0%
ORF–DFW	Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth	79	75.9%	11.3 min	0.0%
ORF–MCO	Norfolk to Orlando	68	80.9%	2.4 min	0.0%
ORF–EWR	Norfolk to Newark	62	83.9%	-5.3 min	1.6%
ORF–PHL	Norfolk to Philadelphia	52	98.1%	-14.1 min	0.0%
ORF–DTW	Norfolk to Detroit	45	93.3%	-6.1 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	25.0%	35.9%	2,737
Late-arriving aircraft	46.9%	36.9%	5,138
National Aviation System	26.9%	21.7%	2,943
Extreme weather	1.1%	5.3%	118
Security	0.2%	0.3%	18

10,954 delay minutes on 195 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 February 2024?

89.1% of 1,427 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.