Norfolk International in July 2025

64.5%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,917 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 64.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 65.3% reached their destination on time; 5.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 5.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 1,945 departures with 63.2% leaving on time: a change of +1.3 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 59.8% of the time (1,918 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 65.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.3%
Cancelled 5.0%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	64.5%	63.2%	78.3%	69.7%
Arrived on time	65.3%	63.9%	77.4%	69.0%
Cancelled	5.0%	5.3%	2.5%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	31.5 min	32.5 min	18.2 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	64	65	55	21,048
Scheduled departures	1,917	1,945	20,186	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	388	20%	65.7%	13.9 min	13.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	339	18%	65.2%	20.9 min	2.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	315	16%	72.4%	14.9 min	1.3%
OH PSA Airlines	260	14%	58.8%	31.5 min	5.8%
AA American Airlines	237	12%	66.7%	33.2 min	2.1%
UA United Airlines	139	7%	67.6%	26.1 min	2.9%
NK Spirit Airlines	83	4%	71.1%	7.7 min	3.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	54	3%	40.7%	67.4 min	3.7%
MQ Envoy Air	44	2%	70.5%	16.0 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	2%	38.7%	81.1 min	3.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	26	1%	65.4%	6.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1	0%	100.0%	-22.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ORF–ATL	Norfolk to Atlanta	263	71.9%	15.7 min	1.1%
ORF–CLT	Norfolk to Charlotte	206	64.6%	24.0 min	2.4%
ORF–LGA	Norfolk to New York	174	68.4%	11.0 min	11.5%
ORF–ORD	Norfolk to Chicago	152	60.5%	21.6 min	3.3%
ORF–BWI	Norfolk to Baltimore	135	63.7%	21.6 min	6.7%
ORF–DFW	Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth	109	58.7%	54.0 min	2.8%
ORF–PHL	Norfolk to Philadelphia	89	62.9%	30.6 min	2.2%
ORF–DCA	Norfolk to Washington	88	59.1%	29.4 min	10.2%
ORF–MDW	Norfolk to Chicago	88	75.0%	15.9 min	1.1%
ORF–BOS	Norfolk to Boston	78	62.8%	39.2 min	1.3%
ORF–DTW	Norfolk to Detroit	78	67.9%	16.2 min	2.6%
ORF–MCO	Norfolk to Orlando	72	65.3%	17.4 min	1.4%

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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	36.9%	31.1%	19,979
Late-arriving aircraft	33.6%	40.8%	18,204
National Aviation System	21.5%	20.7%	11,630
Extreme weather	8.0%	7.3%	4,314
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

54,127 delay minutes on 561 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 July 2025?

64.5% of 1,917 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 65.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 63.2% of 1,945 departures left on time and 5.3% were cancelled, against 64.5% and 5.0% in July 2025.

Provenance

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