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Airport month · August 2024
Norfolk International in August 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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,972 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 73.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.4% reached their destination on time; 3.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 1.8 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 2,020 departures with 78.6% leaving on time: a change of −5.0 points, with flights down 2%.
Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 68.7% of the time (1,973 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, national aviation system 23% and air carrier 22%.
- On time 73.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.5%
- Cancelled 3.9%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 73.6% | 78.6% | 78.3% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 73.4% | 78.2% | 77.4% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 3.9% | 1.9% | 2.5% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 21.8 min | 19.8 min | 18.2 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 66 | 67 | 55 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,972 | 2,020 | 20,186 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 302 | 15% | 73.8% | 11.7 min | 1.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 270 | 14% | 70.4% | 11.6 min | 9.6% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 269 | 14% | 76.2% | 14.4 min | 1.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 259 | 13% | 74.9% | 21.5 min | 2.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 234 | 12% | 81.2% | 10.3 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 203 | 10% | 75.4% | 14.4 min | 3.4% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 182 | 9% | 66.5% | 10.8 min | 11.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 102 | 5% | 64.7% | 20.3 min | 6.9% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 58 | 3% | 79.3% | 29.3 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 57 | 3% | 70.2% | 5.7 min | 1.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 20 | 1% | 45.0% | 58.7 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 16 | 1% | 62.5% | 5.6 min | 18.8% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORF–CLT | Norfolk to Charlotte | 256 | 73.0% | 23.6 min | 1.6% |
| ORF–ATL | Norfolk to Atlanta | 230 | 79.1% | 10.8 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–JFK | Norfolk to New York | 156 | 68.6% | 7.7 min | 13.5% |
| ORF–LGA | Norfolk to New York | 145 | 65.5% | 22.6 min | 12.4% |
| ORF–BWI | Norfolk to Baltimore | 141 | 80.9% | 9.1 min | 0.7% |
| ORF–ORD | Norfolk to Chicago | 105 | 78.1% | 12.4 min | 2.9% |
| ORF–DCA | Norfolk to Washington | 100 | 77.0% | 20.9 min | 3.0% |
| ORF–PHL | Norfolk to Philadelphia | 90 | 83.3% | 1.3 min | 1.1% |
| ORF–DFW | Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth | 87 | 75.9% | 10.0 min | 1.1% |
| ORF–EWR | Norfolk to Newark | 86 | 66.3% | 14.4 min | 10.5% |
| ORF–DTW | Norfolk to Detroit | 77 | 77.9% | 22.7 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–BOS | Norfolk to Boston | 66 | 60.6% | 19.3 min | 6.1% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ORF on time in August 2024?
73.6% of 1,972 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 78.6% of 2,020 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 73.6% and 3.9% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.