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Airport month · March 2025
Norfolk International in March 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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,554 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 82.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.3% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 1,616 departures with 83.1% leaving on time: a change of −1.1 points, with flights down 4%.
Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 76.1% of the time (1,550 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 27%.
- On time 81.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.3%
- Cancelled 1.4%
- Diverted 0.0%
March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.0% | 83.1% | 78.3% | 79.9% |
| Arrived on time | 81.3% | 82.7% | 77.4% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.4% | 0.5% | 2.5% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.2 min | 15.5 min | 18.2 min | 14.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 52 | 54 | 55 | 20,029 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,554 | 1,616 | 20,186 | 600,872 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 325 | 21% | 76.6% | 7.2 min | 3.7% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 254 | 16% | 85.8% | 1.3 min | 0.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 207 | 13% | 89.4% | -4.8 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 188 | 12% | 83.5% | -0.4 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 182 | 12% | 77.5% | 11.4 min | 2.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 180 | 12% | 86.1% | -3.1 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 77 | 5% | 77.9% | 16.0 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 51 | 3% | 76.5% | 6.4 min | 2.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 40 | 3% | 72.5% | 16.0 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 33 | 2% | 66.7% | 20.1 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 17 | 1% | 52.9% | 45.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORF–ATL | Norfolk to Atlanta | 225 | 88.0% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–CLT | Norfolk to Charlotte | 217 | 84.3% | 3.3 min | 3.2% |
| ORF–BWI | Norfolk to Baltimore | 124 | 86.3% | 3.7 min | 0.8% |
| ORF–DCA | Norfolk to Washington | 93 | 61.3% | 17.2 min | 3.2% |
| ORF–ORD | Norfolk to Chicago | 93 | 81.7% | 0.5 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–DFW | Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth | 89 | 74.2% | 17.7 min | 3.4% |
| ORF–PHL | Norfolk to Philadelphia | 81 | 74.1% | 10.0 min | 3.7% |
| ORF–DTW | Norfolk to Detroit | 77 | 77.9% | 16.0 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–EWR | Norfolk to Newark | 76 | 86.8% | 5.0 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–MCO | Norfolk to Orlando | 71 | 80.3% | 2.5 min | 1.4% |
| ORF–DEN | Norfolk to Denver | 60 | 86.7% | 1.1 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–LGA | Norfolk to New York | 57 | 84.2% | -7.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ORF on time in March 2025?
82.0% of 1,554 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2024, 83.1% of 1,616 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 82.0% and 1.4% in March 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.