Norfolk International in September 2025

87.4%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,734 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 87.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.2% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 1,888 departures with 86.5% leaving on time: a change of +0.9 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 82.9% of the time (1,732 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 26%.

On time 86.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.3%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	87.4%	86.5%	78.3%	83.1%
Arrived on time	86.2%	84.1%	77.4%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.4%	2.5%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.6 min	9.5 min	18.2 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	58	63	55	18,748
Scheduled departures	1,734	1,888	20,186	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	354	20%	82.8%	1.8 min	0.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	299	17%	89.3%	-2.0 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	286	16%	91.3%	-5.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	253	15%	86.2%	-2.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	248	14%	84.3%	2.1 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	161	9%	89.4%	-6.7 min	0.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	47	3%	83.0%	-2.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	35	2%	68.6%	17.9 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	30	2%	80.0%	-2.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	17	1%	76.5%	5.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	4	0%	75.0%	-10.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ORF–ATL	Norfolk to Atlanta	253	92.1%	-5.9 min	0.0%
ORF–CLT	Norfolk to Charlotte	214	87.4%	-3.3 min	0.0%
ORF–LGA	Norfolk to New York	147	80.3%	7.5 min	0.7%
ORF–ORD	Norfolk to Chicago	143	79.0%	-4.9 min	0.0%
ORF–BWI	Norfolk to Baltimore	137	91.2%	-2.5 min	0.0%
ORF–PHL	Norfolk to Philadelphia	102	89.2%	-7.2 min	0.0%
ORF–DCA	Norfolk to Washington	89	79.8%	6.8 min	0.0%
ORF–DFW	Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth	77	70.1%	21.8 min	1.3%
ORF–IAD	Norfolk to Washington	69	97.1%	-10.2 min	0.0%
ORF–DTW	Norfolk to Detroit	68	80.9%	4.9 min	0.0%
ORF–BOS	Norfolk to Boston	64	81.3%	12.3 min	1.6%
ORF–MCO	Norfolk to Orlando	62	87.1%	-4.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	36.9%	34.3%	6,050
Late-arriving aircraft	32.5%	37.4%	5,322
National Aviation System	26.1%	22.6%	4,275
Extreme weather	4.6%	5.6%	751
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

16,398 delay minutes on 231 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 September 2025?

87.4% of 1,734 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 86.5% of 1,888 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 87.4% and 0.3% in September 2025.

Provenance

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