Norfolk International in May 2025

76.6%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,676 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 76.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.6% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so ORF departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 1,778 departures with 74.5% leaving on time: a change of +2.1 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 70.1% of the time (1,671 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, national aviation system 34% and air carrier 25%.

On time 73.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.6%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	76.6%	74.5%	78.3%	76.7%
Arrived on time	73.6%	74.9%	77.4%	75.4%
Cancelled	1.7%	2.0%	2.5%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.3 min	20.8 min	18.2 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	56	59	55	20,188
Scheduled departures	1,676	1,778	20,186	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	278	17%	67.6%	19.0 min	2.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	259	15%	76.4%	5.9 min	0.8%
YX Republic Airline	243	14%	70.8%	10.3 min	3.7%
AA American Airlines	240	14%	75.8%	9.9 min	1.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	228	14%	79.8%	7.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	165	10%	77.0%	7.3 min	3.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	90	5%	81.1%	8.0 min	2.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	59	4%	79.7%	5.7 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	2%	38.7%	53.5 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	31	2%	45.2%	33.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	31	2%	83.9%	-4.3 min	3.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	21	1%	57.1%	12.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ORF–ATL	Norfolk to Atlanta	246	76.4%	10.2 min	0.0%
ORF–CLT	Norfolk to Charlotte	240	76.3%	12.1 min	1.3%
ORF–LGA	Norfolk to New York	141	78.0%	11.3 min	2.8%
ORF–BWI	Norfolk to Baltimore	120	77.5%	6.2 min	0.8%
ORF–PHL	Norfolk to Philadelphia	108	50.9%	21.5 min	2.8%
ORF–ORD	Norfolk to Chicago	96	82.3%	1.0 min	2.1%
ORF–DFW	Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth	95	66.3%	19.7 min	1.1%
ORF–DCA	Norfolk to Washington	93	59.1%	21.1 min	3.2%
ORF–MCO	Norfolk to Orlando	72	76.4%	10.2 min	0.0%
ORF–DEN	Norfolk to Denver	62	72.6%	4.1 min	1.6%
ORF–BOS	Norfolk to Boston	48	52.1%	32.6 min	4.2%
ORF–DTW	Norfolk to Detroit	48	89.6%	2.1 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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	24.9%	29.3%	7,252
Late-arriving aircraft	37.3%	37.8%	10,846
National Aviation System	34.0%	25.9%	9,882
Extreme weather	3.8%	6.9%	1,108
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

29,088 delay minutes on 412 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 May 2025?

76.6% of 1,676 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 74.5% of 1,778 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 76.6% and 1.7% in May 2025.

Provenance

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