Norfolk International in September 2024

86.5%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,888 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 86.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.1% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 1,974 departures with 80.2% leaving on time: a change of +6.3 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 82.7% of the time (1,888 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 26%.

On time 84.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.5%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	86.5%	80.2%	78.3%	84.4%
Arrived on time	84.1%	79.0%	77.4%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.4%	4.5%	2.5%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.5 min	15.2 min	18.2 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	63	66	55	19,421
Scheduled departures	1,888	1,974	20,186	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	302	16%	86.8%	-3.6 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	299	16%	80.9%	5.5 min	0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	293	16%	88.4%	-1.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	241	13%	78.4%	3.9 min	1.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	208	11%	83.2%	6.7 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	196	10%	83.2%	-1.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	182	10%	90.7%	-4.2 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	71	4%	85.9%	-6.5 min	1.4%
MQ Envoy Air	60	3%	85.0%	-1.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	23	1%	56.5%	51.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	13	1%	69.2%	15.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ORF–CLT	Norfolk to Charlotte	241	78.4%	5.8 min	2.5%
ORF–ATL	Norfolk to Atlanta	220	82.3%	7.4 min	0.0%
ORF–LGA	Norfolk to New York	157	79.0%	2.6 min	0.0%
ORF–JFK	Norfolk to New York	154	85.7%	-1.4 min	0.0%
ORF–BWI	Norfolk to Baltimore	137	93.4%	-4.7 min	0.0%
ORF–ORD	Norfolk to Chicago	134	88.8%	-5.3 min	0.0%
ORF–DCA	Norfolk to Washington	114	86.8%	-1.1 min	0.0%
ORF–PHL	Norfolk to Philadelphia	89	76.4%	9.9 min	0.0%
ORF–EWR	Norfolk to Newark	86	89.5%	-4.6 min	0.0%
ORF–DTW	Norfolk to Detroit	74	87.8%	6.3 min	0.0%
ORF–DFW	Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth	69	73.9%	7.3 min	0.0%
ORF–BOS	Norfolk to Boston	60	78.3%	-5.9 min	1.7%

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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.6%	38.6%	5,725
Late-arriving aircraft	38.9%	38.4%	7,065
National Aviation System	26.0%	18.2%	4,713
Extreme weather	3.3%	4.8%	604
Security	0.2%	0.1%	32

18,139 delay minutes on 293 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 September 2024?

86.5% of 1,888 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 80.2% of 1,974 departures left on time and 4.5% were cancelled, against 86.5% and 0.4% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.