Norfolk International in December 2024

79.1%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,728 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 79.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.4% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 1.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 1,657 departures with 85.8% leaving on time: a change of −6.7 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 75.2% of the time (1,726 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 79.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	79.1%	85.8%	78.3%	77.8%
Arrived on time	79.4%	86.5%	77.4%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.6%	2.5%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.8 min	12.4 min	18.2 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	58	55	55	19,686
Scheduled departures	1,728	1,657	20,186	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	351	20%	77.5%	8.6 min	1.4%
YX Republic Airline	280	16%	81.4%	5.1 min	0.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	253	15%	82.6%	1.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	204	12%	80.4%	1.3 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	172	10%	77.9%	1.7 min	0.6%
AA American Airlines	158	9%	81.0%	19.6 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	145	8%	80.0%	11.8 min	0.7%
NK Spirit Airlines	53	3%	77.4%	2.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	53	3%	64.2%	15.4 min	1.9%
MQ Envoy Air	33	2%	78.8%	2.1 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	26	2%	76.9%	14.8 min	3.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ORF–CLT	Norfolk to Charlotte	248	79.0%	5.4 min	0.8%
ORF–ATL	Norfolk to Atlanta	217	80.2%	2.1 min	0.0%
ORF–LGA	Norfolk to New York	137	77.4%	5.7 min	1.5%
ORF–DCA	Norfolk to Washington	134	79.9%	7.0 min	2.2%
ORF–BWI	Norfolk to Baltimore	125	78.4%	1.0 min	0.0%
ORF–JFK	Norfolk to New York	122	82.8%	1.3 min	0.8%
ORF–ORD	Norfolk to Chicago	105	81.9%	2.2 min	0.0%
ORF–EWR	Norfolk to Newark	75	66.7%	23.2 min	1.3%
ORF–DFW	Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth	73	80.8%	-0.5 min	1.4%
ORF–MCO	Norfolk to Orlando	70	78.6%	5.0 min	1.4%
ORF–DTW	Norfolk to Detroit	64	79.7%	-0.3 min	0.0%
ORF–IAD	Norfolk to Washington	49	83.7%	4.3 min	0.0%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	39.7%	34.3%	10,337
Late-arriving aircraft	37.8%	40.2%	9,821
National Aviation System	16.3%	17.8%	4,228
Extreme weather	6.2%	7.5%	1,607
Security	0.1%	0.2%	18

26,011 delay minutes on 342 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 December 2024?

79.1% of 1,728 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 85.8% of 1,657 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 79.1% and 0.6% in December 2024.

Provenance

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