Norfolk International in July 2024

63.2%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,945 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 63.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 63.9% reached their destination on time; 5.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 5.3 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 59.8% of the time (1,945 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 63.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.1%
Cancelled 5.3%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	63.2%	—	78.3%	68.5%
Arrived on time	63.9%	—	77.4%	68.1%
Cancelled	5.3%	—	2.5%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	32.5 min	—	18.2 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	65	—	55	21,154
Scheduled departures	1,945	—	20,186	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	293	15%	65.9%	16.6 min	0.3%
OH PSA Airlines	265	14%	72.5%	28.7 min	3.8%
AA American Airlines	241	12%	64.7%	27.6 min	4.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	239	12%	54.4%	40.7 min	8.8%
YX Republic Airline	223	11%	63.2%	23.2 min	5.8%
UA United Airlines	216	11%	71.8%	17.1 min	7.4%
9E Endeavor Air	189	10%	53.4%	38.1 min	9.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	91	5%	63.7%	12.3 min	6.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	56	3%	69.6%	44.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	51	3%	56.9%	37.6 min	5.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	50	3%	44.0%	42.2 min	10.0%
MQ Envoy Air	31	2%	83.9%	-13.1 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ORF–ATL	Norfolk to Atlanta	236	52.5%	44.1 min	9.3%
ORF–CLT	Norfolk to Charlotte	236	65.7%	35.0 min	4.2%
ORF–JFK	Norfolk to New York	152	59.9%	21.4 min	10.5%
ORF–LGA	Norfolk to New York	147	59.9%	28.3 min	4.8%
ORF–BWI	Norfolk to Baltimore	134	66.4%	17.1 min	0.0%
ORF–ORD	Norfolk to Chicago	96	74.0%	9.6 min	3.1%
ORF–DFW	Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	64.4%	16.3 min	3.3%
ORF–DCA	Norfolk to Washington	89	75.3%	13.9 min	4.5%
ORF–EWR	Norfolk to Newark	89	51.7%	46.8 min	18.0%
ORF–DTW	Norfolk to Detroit	86	69.8%	29.4 min	1.2%
ORF–PHL	Norfolk to Philadelphia	73	65.8%	49.4 min	4.1%
ORF–BOS	Norfolk to Boston	69	66.7%	13.9 min	1.4%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	36.6%	36.6%	21,264
Late-arriving aircraft	39.8%	42.7%	23,074
National Aviation System	16.1%	16.0%	9,322
Extreme weather	7.4%	4.6%	4,321
Security	0.1%	0.1%	57

58,038 delay minutes on 586 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 July 2024?

63.2% of 1,945 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 63.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.