Norfolk International in December 2025

72.8%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,645 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 72.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.2% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 1,728 departures with 79.1% leaving on time: a change of −6.3 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 66.2% of the time (1,643 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 72.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.7%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	72.8%	79.1%	78.3%	72.0%
Arrived on time	72.2%	79.4%	77.4%	71.9%
Cancelled	2.1%	0.6%	2.5%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.8 min	16.8 min	18.2 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	55	58	55	19,410
Scheduled departures	1,645	1,728	20,186	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	356	22%	70.2%	14.6 min	3.9%
OH PSA Airlines	266	16%	70.3%	31.0 min	1.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	262	16%	74.8%	3.7 min	3.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	260	16%	69.2%	14.4 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	181	11%	74.0%	30.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	137	8%	84.7%	-0.6 min	0.7%
NK Spirit Airlines	53	3%	62.3%	16.0 min	5.7%
MQ Envoy Air	51	3%	72.5%	14.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	35	2%	74.3%	17.4 min	2.9%
B6 JetBlue Airways	24	1%	70.8%	17.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	20	1%	60.0%	19.4 min	5.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ORF–ATL	Norfolk to Atlanta	237	77.6%	2.0 min	3.0%
ORF–CLT	Norfolk to Charlotte	192	72.9%	39.3 min	0.5%
ORF–ORD	Norfolk to Chicago	160	74.4%	10.3 min	1.9%
ORF–BWI	Norfolk to Baltimore	122	73.0%	7.6 min	0.0%
ORF–LGA	Norfolk to New York	108	61.1%	34.2 min	6.5%
ORF–DFW	Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth	80	68.8%	42.2 min	0.0%
ORF–IAD	Norfolk to Washington	77	81.8%	4.0 min	1.3%
ORF–JFK	Norfolk to New York	75	70.7%	10.2 min	2.7%
ORF–EWR	Norfolk to Newark	74	77.0%	-2.9 min	5.4%
ORF–MCO	Norfolk to Orlando	66	65.2%	19.4 min	1.5%
ORF–DCA	Norfolk to Washington	65	63.1%	22.9 min	3.1%
ORF–MIA	Norfolk to Miami	61	82.0%	8.0 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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	33.5%	33.3%	12,525
Late-arriving aircraft	46.0%	41.1%	17,182
National Aviation System	18.5%	19.1%	6,908
Extreme weather	2.1%	6.4%	772
Security	0.0%	0.2%	5

37,392 delay minutes on 423 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 December 2025?

72.8% of 1,645 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 79.1% of 1,728 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 72.8% and 2.1% in December 2025.

Provenance

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