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Airport month · October 2024
Norfolk International in October 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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,936 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 87.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 1.5 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 1,981 departures with 88.0% leaving on time: a change of −1.0 points, with flights down 2%.
Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 85.4% of the time (1,936 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 86.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.1%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 87.0% | 88.0% | 78.3% | 85.5% |
| Arrived on time | 86.3% | 87.2% | 77.4% | 85.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.2% | 2.5% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.5 min | 10.1 min | 18.2 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 65 | 66 | 55 | 20,517 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,936 | 1,981 | 20,186 | 615,497 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 352 | 18% | 89.8% | -6.6 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 349 | 18% | 84.5% | 3.1 min | 0.6% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 286 | 15% | 86.4% | -3.4 min | 1.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 221 | 11% | 90.5% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 208 | 11% | 80.8% | 9.4 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 204 | 11% | 91.2% | -4.7 min | 1.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 152 | 8% | 82.2% | 1.3 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 79 | 4% | 83.5% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 56 | 3% | 82.1% | -9.5 min | 1.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 16 | 1% | 62.5% | 59.4 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 13 | 1% | 84.6% | 12.8 min | 7.7% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORF–ATL | Norfolk to Atlanta | 237 | 88.6% | 4.1 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–CLT | Norfolk to Charlotte | 235 | 80.0% | 8.6 min | 0.4% |
| ORF–LGA | Norfolk to New York | 170 | 78.2% | 3.3 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–JFK | Norfolk to New York | 158 | 91.8% | -7.4 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–BWI | Norfolk to Baltimore | 140 | 87.1% | -2.4 min | 0.7% |
| ORF–DCA | Norfolk to Washington | 116 | 84.5% | 8.0 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–ORD | Norfolk to Chicago | 99 | 89.9% | 1.3 min | 1.0% |
| ORF–PHL | Norfolk to Philadelphia | 93 | 82.8% | -1.5 min | 1.1% |
| ORF–EWR | Norfolk to Newark | 88 | 87.5% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–DTW | Norfolk to Detroit | 86 | 86.0% | 0.2 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–DFW | Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth | 82 | 90.2% | -5.2 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–IAD | Norfolk to Washington | 77 | 96.1% | -15.7 min | 1.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ORF on time in October 2024?
87.0% of 1,936 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2023, 88.0% of 1,981 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 87.0% and 0.5% in October 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.