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Airport month · November 2025

Norfolk International in November 2025

80.2%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,648 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 80.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.6% reached their destination on time; 3.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 1,790 departures with 87.5% leaving on time: a change of −7.3 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 74.2% of the time (1,648 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, national aviation system 33% and air carrier 24%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2025Nov 2024ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time80.2%87.5%78.3%78.1%
Arrived on time77.6%86.8%77.4%77.3%
Cancelled3.5%0.2%2.5%2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.7 min8.7 min18.2 min15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day55605519,018
Scheduled departures1,6481,79020,186570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline36422%69.5%8.9 min7.7%
OH PSA Airlines27317%72.9%9.3 min3.3%
DL Delta Air Lines26316%84.8%0.0 min1.1%
WN Southwest Airlines24715%79.8%2.9 min1.2%
AA American Airlines22614%82.7%6.8 min3.1%
UA United Airlines1237%85.4%3.9 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air624%79.0%-3.4 min3.2%
NK Spirit Airlines533%77.4%7.1 min5.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines332%69.7%1.3 min3.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines40%50.0%2.3 min25.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ORF–ATLNorfolk to Atlanta23083.9%0.6 min1.3%
ORF–CLTNorfolk to Charlotte20285.6%-1.4 min2.0%
ORF–ORDNorfolk to Chicago14575.2%6.1 min2.8%
ORF–LGANorfolk to New York13058.5%23.7 min8.5%
ORF–BWINorfolk to Baltimore11883.1%-0.4 min0.8%
ORF–DCANorfolk to Washington8856.8%23.1 min2.3%
ORF–DFWNorfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth8772.4%13.4 min5.7%
ORF–EWRNorfolk to Newark8175.3%0.2 min6.2%
ORF–PHLNorfolk to Philadelphia7879.5%9.2 min2.6%
ORF–MCONorfolk to Orlando6972.5%8.1 min1.4%
ORF–IADNorfolk to Washington6581.5%-2.2 min6.2%
ORF–JFKNorfolk to New York6076.7%-8.8 min11.7%

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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2025Minutes
Air carrier23.9%30.2%5,696
Late-arriving aircraft41.8%38.3%9,959
National Aviation System32.9%26.7%7,837
Extreme weather1.4%4.6%334
Security0.0%0.1%0
23,826 delay minutes on 311 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left ORF on time in November 2025?

80.2% of 1,648 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 87.5% of 1,790 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 80.2% and 3.5% in November 2025.

Provenance

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