Norfolk International in November 2024

87.5%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,790 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 87.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.8% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 1,691 departures with 88.9% leaving on time: a change of −1.4 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 86.0% of the time (1,791 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 86.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.0%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	87.5%	88.9%	78.3%	85.2%
Arrived on time	86.8%	88.9%	77.4%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.1%	2.5%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.7 min	12.1 min	18.2 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	60	56	55	19,180
Scheduled departures	1,790	1,691	20,186	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	339	19%	86.7%	-3.6 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	312	17%	89.7%	-7.9 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	242	14%	89.3%	-3.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	198	11%	80.8%	0.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	190	11%	86.3%	-2.3 min	1.1%
UA United Airlines	170	9%	88.8%	-4.1 min	0.6%
9E Endeavor Air	157	9%	81.5%	8.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	64	4%	79.7%	3.2 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	51	3%	94.1%	-11.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	50	3%	94.0%	-9.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	17	1%	82.4%	-0.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ORF–CLT	Norfolk to Charlotte	230	90.9%	-7.7 min	0.0%
ORF–ATL	Norfolk to Atlanta	215	80.9%	0.6 min	0.0%
ORF–LGA	Norfolk to New York	152	80.3%	8.4 min	0.0%
ORF–JFK	Norfolk to New York	149	87.9%	-3.9 min	0.0%
ORF–DCA	Norfolk to Washington	134	90.3%	-9.2 min	0.0%
ORF–BWI	Norfolk to Baltimore	120	86.7%	-2.9 min	0.0%
ORF–ORD	Norfolk to Chicago	89	91.0%	-4.8 min	0.0%
ORF–IAD	Norfolk to Washington	86	95.3%	-14.8 min	0.0%
ORF–DTW	Norfolk to Detroit	82	87.8%	-3.1 min	0.0%
ORF–EWR	Norfolk to Newark	79	69.6%	15.7 min	0.0%
ORF–DFW	Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth	73	76.7%	6.3 min	2.7%
ORF–MCO	Norfolk to Orlando	59	89.8%	-2.2 min	0.0%

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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.2%	36.9%	5,168
Late-arriving aircraft	36.7%	35.6%	5,091
National Aviation System	22.8%	21.9%	3,164
Extreme weather	2.2%	5.4%	307
Security	1.1%	0.2%	158

13,888 delay minutes on 232 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 November 2024?

87.5% of 1,790 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 88.9% of 1,691 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 87.5% and 0.2% in November 2024.

Provenance

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