Norfolk International in August 2025

81.1%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,816 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 81.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.4% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 1,972 departures with 73.6% leaving on time: a change of +7.5 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 76.0% of the time (1,816 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 27%.

On time 79.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.9%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	81.1%	73.6%	78.3%	76.8%
Arrived on time	79.4%	73.4%	77.4%	76.3%
Cancelled	1.4%	3.9%	2.5%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.5 min	21.8 min	18.2 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	61	66	55	20,079
Scheduled departures	1,816	1,972	20,186	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	389	21%	79.2%	2.7 min	3.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	314	17%	77.1%	7.1 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	304	17%	86.5%	2.2 min	1.0%
AA American Airlines	253	14%	78.7%	12.0 min	0.8%
OH PSA Airlines	206	11%	79.6%	6.9 min	1.0%
UA United Airlines	147	8%	80.3%	2.1 min	2.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	76	4%	71.1%	6.1 min	1.3%
MQ Envoy Air	44	2%	84.1%	3.5 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	2%	64.5%	16.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	31	2%	67.7%	5.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	21	1%	71.4%	14.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ORF–ATL	Norfolk to Atlanta	264	85.2%	3.5 min	1.1%
ORF–CLT	Norfolk to Charlotte	222	84.7%	4.1 min	0.9%
ORF–LGA	Norfolk to New York	161	83.9%	-0.7 min	2.5%
ORF–BWI	Norfolk to Baltimore	139	82.7%	4.3 min	0.7%
ORF–ORD	Norfolk to Chicago	126	72.2%	9.8 min	3.2%
ORF–DCA	Norfolk to Washington	92	72.8%	2.8 min	3.3%
ORF–DFW	Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth	85	62.4%	25.5 min	2.4%
ORF–IAD	Norfolk to Washington	84	92.9%	-4.1 min	1.2%
ORF–MCO	Norfolk to Orlando	73	63.0%	16.6 min	0.0%
ORF–BOS	Norfolk to Boston	71	77.5%	3.9 min	0.0%
ORF–PHL	Norfolk to Philadelphia	66	74.2%	19.8 min	0.0%
ORF–DTW	Norfolk to Detroit	65	86.2%	-3.3 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	37.0%	33.1%	9,264
Late-arriving aircraft	34.2%	40.5%	8,564
National Aviation System	26.7%	19.2%	6,676
Extreme weather	2.2%	7.0%	545
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

25,049 delay minutes on 344 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 August 2025?

81.1% of 1,816 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 73.6% of 1,972 departures left on time and 3.9% were cancelled, against 81.1% and 1.4% in August 2025.

Provenance

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