Norfolk International in April 2025

82.7%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,567 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 82.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.8% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 1,701 departures with 82.0% leaving on time: a change of +0.7 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 75.1% of the time (1,569 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 79.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.1%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from ORF in April 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

April 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	82.7%	82.0%	78.3%	80.6%
Arrived on time	79.8%	79.8%	77.4%	79.5%
Cancelled	1.0%	1.0%	2.5%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.1 min	14.1 min	18.2 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	52	57	55	19,465
Scheduled departures	1,567	1,701	20,186	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	323	21%	75.5%	11.2 min	0.6%
YX Republic Airline	257	16%	81.7%	3.8 min	0.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	251	16%	82.9%	3.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	208	13%	83.7%	1.2 min	2.4%
AA American Airlines	207	13%	78.7%	13.8 min	2.4%
UA United Airlines	150	10%	79.3%	5.4 min	0.7%
NK Spirit Airlines	80	5%	83.8%	-0.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	37	2%	94.6%	-13.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	30	2%	53.3%	21.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	16	1%	56.3%	33.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	7	0%	57.1%	34.8 min	14.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1	0%	100.0%	-2.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ORF–CLT	Norfolk to Charlotte	237	85.7%	1.9 min	0.0%
ORF–ATL	Norfolk to Atlanta	222	81.5%	2.7 min	2.3%
ORF–BWI	Norfolk to Baltimore	117	85.5%	-1.2 min	0.0%
ORF–ORD	Norfolk to Chicago	105	77.1%	12.4 min	1.0%
ORF–LGA	Norfolk to New York	94	85.1%	4.0 min	0.0%
ORF–DCA	Norfolk to Washington	90	68.9%	15.6 min	2.2%
ORF–PHL	Norfolk to Philadelphia	87	63.2%	24.5 min	0.0%
ORF–DFW	Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth	86	67.4%	30.1 min	5.8%
ORF–MCO	Norfolk to Orlando	73	72.6%	8.8 min	0.0%
ORF–IAD	Norfolk to Washington	66	93.9%	-10.3 min	0.0%
ORF–JFK	Norfolk to New York	62	82.3%	2.8 min	0.0%
ORF–DEN	Norfolk to Denver	60	68.3%	15.0 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	39.2%	32.7%	9,219
Late-arriving aircraft	31.3%	39.4%	7,352
National Aviation System	24.5%	22.2%	5,772
Extreme weather	5.0%	5.5%	1,181
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

23,524 delay minutes on 300 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 April 2025?

82.7% of 1,567 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 82.0% of 1,701 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 82.7% and 1.0% in April 2025.

Provenance

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