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Airport month · February 2025
Norfolk International in February 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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,288 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 79.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.2% reached their destination on time; 4.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so ORF departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 1,427 departures with 89.1% leaving on time: a change of −9.8 points, with flights down 10%.
Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 73.4% of the time (1,289 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 77.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
- Cancelled 4.5%
- Diverted 0.2%
February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Feb 2025 | Feb 2024 | ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.3% | 89.1% | 78.3% | 79.2% |
| Arrived on time | 77.2% | 85.3% | 77.4% | 77.9% |
| Cancelled | 4.5% | 0.7% | 2.5% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.8 min | 7.9 min | 18.2 min | 15.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 43 | 48 | 55 | 16,830 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,288 | 1,427 | 20,186 | 504,884 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 256 | 20% | 64.5% | 19.5 min | 10.2% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 213 | 17% | 83.6% | -1.9 min | 1.9% |
| YX Republic Airline | 184 | 14% | 75.5% | 1.7 min | 6.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 182 | 14% | 79.1% | -1.8 min | 2.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 179 | 14% | 83.2% | -2.1 min | 2.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 134 | 10% | 84.3% | 6.0 min | 3.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 62 | 5% | 77.4% | 14.7 min | 3.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 39 | 3% | 87.2% | -1.3 min | 2.6% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 21 | 2% | 47.6% | 28.8 min | 4.8% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 13 | 1% | 92.3% | -7.7 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 5 | 0% | 40.0% | 73.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORF–CLT | Norfolk to Charlotte | 199 | 76.9% | 1.1 min | 5.5% |
| ORF–ATL | Norfolk to Atlanta | 194 | 75.8% | 0.8 min | 2.6% |
| ORF–BWI | Norfolk to Baltimore | 112 | 86.6% | -2.2 min | 3.6% |
| ORF–DCA | Norfolk to Washington | 94 | 42.6% | 38.2 min | 12.8% |
| ORF–ORD | Norfolk to Chicago | 84 | 83.3% | 16.2 min | 2.4% |
| ORF–PHL | Norfolk to Philadelphia | 70 | 74.3% | 28.1 min | 8.6% |
| ORF–DFW | Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth | 68 | 82.4% | 1.5 min | 2.9% |
| ORF–MCO | Norfolk to Orlando | 57 | 84.2% | -1.5 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–LGA | Norfolk to New York | 54 | 85.2% | -7.0 min | 3.7% |
| ORF–DTW | Norfolk to Detroit | 50 | 76.0% | 14.6 min | 4.0% |
| ORF–EWR | Norfolk to Newark | 50 | 84.0% | -13.0 min | 6.0% |
| ORF–JFK | Norfolk to New York | 50 | 76.0% | -8.0 min | 10.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ORF on time in February 2025?
79.3% of 1,288 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In February 2024, 89.1% of 1,427 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 79.3% and 4.5% in February 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 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.