Norfolk International in January 2026

77.1%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,390 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 77.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.0% reached their destination on time; 7.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 1.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 1,441 departures with 80.8% leaving on time: a change of −3.7 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 70.4% of the time (1,390 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 75.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.4%
Cancelled 7.4%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from ORF in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	77.1%	80.8%	78.3%	75.6%
Arrived on time	75.0%	76.1%	77.4%	75.3%
Cancelled	7.4%	4.4%	2.5%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.0 min	17.6 min	18.2 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	46	48	55	18,133
Scheduled departures	1,390	1,441	20,186	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	240	17%	75.8%	0.6 min	10.4%
AA American Airlines	232	17%	72.0%	5.1 min	11.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	230	17%	86.5%	-4.9 min	4.3%
OH PSA Airlines	221	16%	65.6%	33.9 min	9.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	216	16%	83.3%	-2.5 min	4.2%
UA United Airlines	130	9%	69.2%	5.0 min	4.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	45	3%	64.4%	22.3 min	6.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	27	2%	55.6%	58.6 min	7.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	23	2%	56.5%	14.0 min	8.7%
MQ Envoy Air	14	1%	85.7%	-1.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	12	1%	83.3%	-4.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ORF–ATL	Norfolk to Atlanta	211	83.4%	2.4 min	4.7%
ORF–CLT	Norfolk to Charlotte	164	73.2%	4.1 min	11.6%
ORF–BWI	Norfolk to Baltimore	120	84.2%	-4.2 min	5.0%
ORF–ORD	Norfolk to Chicago	106	61.3%	14.3 min	5.7%
ORF–LGA	Norfolk to New York	97	75.3%	5.8 min	11.3%
ORF–DCA	Norfolk to Washington	83	59.0%	72.8 min	7.2%
ORF–JFK	Norfolk to New York	67	74.6%	0.1 min	9.0%
ORF–MCO	Norfolk to Orlando	67	76.1%	1.8 min	4.5%
ORF–DFW	Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth	66	72.7%	-1.7 min	12.1%
ORF–MIA	Norfolk to Miami	62	71.0%	14.9 min	4.8%
ORF–EWR	Norfolk to Newark	57	80.7%	-10.2 min	7.0%
ORF–PHL	Norfolk to Philadelphia	52	71.2%	7.5 min	13.5%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	26.5%	37.3%	5,799
Late-arriving aircraft	41.3%	35.0%	9,040
National Aviation System	22.7%	18.0%	4,964
Extreme weather	9.6%	9.6%	2,095
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

21,898 delay minutes on 242 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 January 2026?

77.1% of 1,390 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 80.8% of 1,441 departures left on time and 4.4% were cancelled, against 77.1% and 7.4% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.