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Airport month · May 2024
Norfolk International in May 2024
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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,778 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 74.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.9% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 69.2% of the time (1,778 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 56%, air carrier 21% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 74.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.7%
- Cancelled 2.0%
- Diverted 0.5%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 74.5% | — | 78.3% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 74.9% | — | 77.4% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 2.0% | — | 2.5% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 20.8 min | — | 18.2 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 59 | — | 55 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,778 | — | 20,186 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 304 | 17% | 62.8% | 30.3 min | 6.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 263 | 15% | 79.5% | 8.9 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 213 | 12% | 71.8% | 11.4 min | 4.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 211 | 12% | 81.5% | 6.2 min | 0.5% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 205 | 12% | 82.9% | 5.5 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 190 | 11% | 80.0% | 10.1 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 184 | 10% | 83.2% | 4.2 min | 1.1% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 99 | 6% | 60.6% | 20.4 min | 2.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 54 | 3% | 68.5% | 23.7 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 34 | 2% | 70.6% | 7.4 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 20 | 1% | 50.0% | 28.9 min | 10.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 1 | 0% | 0.0% | 122.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORF–CLT | Norfolk to Charlotte | 238 | 68.5% | 26.8 min | 1.3% |
| ORF–ATL | Norfolk to Atlanta | 218 | 79.8% | 8.1 min | 0.9% |
| ORF–LGA | Norfolk to New York | 141 | 78.7% | 11.2 min | 0.7% |
| ORF–BWI | Norfolk to Baltimore | 123 | 85.4% | 0.7 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–JFK | Norfolk to New York | 96 | 79.2% | 9.4 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–ORD | Norfolk to Chicago | 94 | 78.7% | 4.9 min | 1.1% |
| ORF–DFW | Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth | 92 | 47.8% | 35.0 min | 15.2% |
| ORF–EWR | Norfolk to Newark | 90 | 77.8% | 0.7 min | 3.3% |
| ORF–DCA | Norfolk to Washington | 88 | 77.3% | 20.0 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–DTW | Norfolk to Detroit | 78 | 89.7% | 3.1 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–IAD | Norfolk to Washington | 73 | 80.8% | -3.2 min | 6.8% |
| ORF–MCO | Norfolk to Orlando | 62 | 58.1% | 27.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ORF on time in May 2024?
74.5% of 1,778 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.