Norfolk International in October 2025

84.8%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,765 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 84.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.4% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 1,936 departures with 87.0% leaving on time: a change of −2.2 points, with flights down 9%.

Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 79.4% of the time (1,765 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 40%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and air carrier 22%.

On time 82.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.9%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	84.8%	87.0%	78.3%	80.0%
Arrived on time	82.4%	86.3%	77.4%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.5%	2.5%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.1 min	9.5 min	18.2 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	59	65	55	20,195
Scheduled departures	1,765	1,936	20,186	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	375	21%	74.4%	8.6 min	1.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	311	18%	87.1%	-1.1 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	309	18%	90.9%	-4.7 min	0.3%
OH PSA Airlines	275	16%	78.5%	3.6 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	247	14%	83.0%	6.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	125	7%	81.6%	2.3 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	38	2%	76.3%	20.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	33	2%	87.9%	-0.3 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	25	1%	92.0%	-7.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	22	1%	72.7%	4.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	5	0%	80.0%	-10.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ORF–ATL	Norfolk to Atlanta	268	89.6%	-5.5 min	0.4%
ORF–CLT	Norfolk to Charlotte	229	89.1%	-0.3 min	0.0%
ORF–ORD	Norfolk to Chicago	170	75.3%	5.9 min	0.0%
ORF–BWI	Norfolk to Baltimore	149	91.3%	-4.4 min	0.7%
ORF–LGA	Norfolk to New York	117	64.1%	18.3 min	3.4%
ORF–PHL	Norfolk to Philadelphia	95	83.2%	-4.4 min	0.0%
ORF–DCA	Norfolk to Washington	93	60.2%	19.9 min	0.0%
ORF–DFW	Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth	83	75.9%	13.2 min	0.0%
ORF–EWR	Norfolk to Newark	68	70.6%	4.8 min	1.5%
ORF–DTW	Norfolk to Detroit	63	92.1%	2.6 min	0.0%
ORF–JFK	Norfolk to New York	62	83.9%	6.8 min	1.6%
ORF–DEN	Norfolk to Denver	61	80.3%	2.9 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	21.6%	34.0%	4,348
Late-arriving aircraft	37.2%	39.7%	7,497
National Aviation System	40.4%	22.9%	8,154
Extreme weather	0.8%	3.3%	162
Security	0.0%	0.1%	1

20,162 delay minutes on 298 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 October 2025?

84.8% of 1,765 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 87.0% of 1,936 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 84.8% and 0.5% in October 2025.

Provenance

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