Norfolk International in March 2024

83.1%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,616 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 83.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.7% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 4.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 79.5% of the time (1,617 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 82.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.6%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	83.1%	—	78.3%	78.5%
Arrived on time	82.7%	—	77.4%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	2.5%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.5 min	—	18.2 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	54	—	55	19,726
Scheduled departures	1,616	—	20,186	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	249	15%	83.5%	3.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	247	15%	74.5%	19.9 min	1.2%
OH PSA Airlines	230	14%	86.5%	-5.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	208	13%	85.6%	1.3 min	0.5%
9E Endeavor Air	199	12%	87.9%	-7.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	181	11%	85.6%	5.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	156	10%	89.1%	-7.7 min	0.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	89	6%	64.0%	26.8 min	2.2%
MQ Envoy Air	27	2%	88.9%	-4.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	26	2%	65.4%	21.3 min	3.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	4	0%	25.0%	96.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ORF–CLT	Norfolk to Charlotte	187	84.0%	8.7 min	0.0%
ORF–ATL	Norfolk to Atlanta	181	85.6%	5.8 min	0.0%
ORF–LGA	Norfolk to New York	135	83.0%	-0.1 min	0.0%
ORF–BWI	Norfolk to Baltimore	122	85.2%	2.1 min	0.0%
ORF–DCA	Norfolk to Washington	112	80.4%	-2.1 min	0.0%
ORF–DFW	Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	71.0%	8.1 min	2.2%
ORF–JFK	Norfolk to New York	93	92.5%	-12.6 min	0.0%
ORF–ORD	Norfolk to Chicago	93	86.0%	-0.5 min	0.0%
ORF–MCO	Norfolk to Orlando	70	52.9%	32.3 min	0.0%
ORF–EWR	Norfolk to Newark	62	83.9%	-12.2 min	3.2%
ORF–PHL	Norfolk to Philadelphia	62	96.8%	-16.5 min	0.0%
ORF–MIA	Norfolk to Miami	58	72.4%	38.6 min	1.7%

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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	46.4%	32.1%	10,515
Late-arriving aircraft	26.4%	42.1%	5,990
National Aviation System	18.9%	21.4%	4,282
Extreme weather	8.3%	4.2%	1,875
Security	0.0%	0.2%	9

22,671 delay minutes on 269 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 March 2024?

83.1% of 1,616 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.