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Airport month · January 2025
Norfolk International in January 2025
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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,441 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.1% reached their destination on time; 4.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 1.5 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 1,482 departures with 81.8% leaving on time: a change of −1.0 points, with flights down 3%.
Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 76.2% of the time (1,442 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 76.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.6%
- Cancelled 4.4%
- Diverted 0.0%
January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.8% | 81.8% | 78.3% | 79.3% |
| Arrived on time | 76.1% | 79.6% | 77.4% | 78.6% |
| Cancelled | 4.4% | 2.2% | 2.5% | 3.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.6 min | 15.0 min | 18.2 min | 14.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 48 | 49 | 55 | 17,992 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,441 | 1,482 | 20,186 | 539,747 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 268 | 19% | 73.5% | 19.9 min | 6.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 232 | 16% | 82.8% | 2.9 min | 0.9% |
| YX Republic Airline | 230 | 16% | 82.2% | -1.7 min | 3.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 217 | 15% | 75.1% | 6.9 min | 6.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 185 | 13% | 69.7% | 16.2 min | 5.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 137 | 10% | 72.3% | 14.2 min | 1.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 80 | 6% | 71.3% | 15.3 min | 2.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 51 | 4% | 74.5% | 2.5 min | 5.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 29 | 2% | 82.8% | -0.9 min | 6.9% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 12 | 1% | 66.7% | 145.3 min | 8.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORF–CLT | Norfolk to Charlotte | 231 | 84.4% | 3.2 min | 3.9% |
| ORF–ATL | Norfolk to Atlanta | 194 | 69.6% | 23.6 min | 5.7% |
| ORF–BWI | Norfolk to Baltimore | 124 | 85.5% | 0.6 min | 1.6% |
| ORF–DCA | Norfolk to Washington | 121 | 63.6% | 26.4 min | 9.9% |
| ORF–ORD | Norfolk to Chicago | 99 | 76.8% | 9.6 min | 3.0% |
| ORF–DFW | Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth | 75 | 65.3% | 15.8 min | 8.0% |
| ORF–JFK | Norfolk to New York | 70 | 90.0% | -10.1 min | 4.3% |
| ORF–MCO | Norfolk to Orlando | 66 | 77.3% | 4.3 min | 3.0% |
| ORF–LGA | Norfolk to New York | 61 | 80.3% | 2.4 min | 3.3% |
| ORF–EWR | Norfolk to Newark | 56 | 80.4% | -1.0 min | 1.8% |
| ORF–PHL | Norfolk to Philadelphia | 54 | 66.7% | 28.3 min | 3.7% |
| ORF–DTW | Norfolk to Detroit | 52 | 63.5% | 23.6 min | 3.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ORF on time in January 2025?
80.8% of 1,441 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2024, 81.8% of 1,482 departures left on time and 2.2% were cancelled, against 80.8% and 4.4% in January 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.