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Airport month · March 2026
Norfolk International in March 2026
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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,561 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 75.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.2% reached their destination on time; 3.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 3.0 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 1,554 departures with 82.0% leaving on time: a change of −6.2 points, with flights up 0%.
Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 67.2% of the time (1,562 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 26%.
- On time 74.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.0%
- Cancelled 3.5%
- Diverted 0.3%
March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 | ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.8% | 82.0% | 78.3% | 72.8% |
| Arrived on time | 74.2% | 81.3% | 77.4% | 73.2% |
| Cancelled | 3.5% | 1.4% | 2.5% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.6 min | 15.2 min | 18.2 min | 20.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 52 | 52 | 55 | 20,403 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,561 | 1,554 | 20,186 | 612,102 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 245 | 16% | 68.2% | 14.7 min | 4.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 243 | 16% | 79.8% | 4.6 min | 2.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 238 | 15% | 84.5% | 11.8 min | 0.4% |
| YX Republic Airline | 231 | 15% | 74.9% | 4.3 min | 5.2% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 223 | 14% | 74.9% | 2.9 min | 1.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 115 | 7% | 80.0% | 5.3 min | 3.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 92 | 6% | 68.5% | 15.1 min | 3.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 58 | 4% | 43.1% | 21.3 min | 19.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 47 | 3% | 55.3% | 33.8 min | 2.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 38 | 2% | 76.3% | 9.4 min | 2.6% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 31 | 2% | 71.0% | -2.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORF–ATL | Norfolk to Atlanta | 229 | 79.9% | 4.6 min | 2.6% |
| ORF–CLT | Norfolk to Charlotte | 209 | 84.7% | 11.0 min | 1.0% |
| ORF–ORD | Norfolk to Chicago | 155 | 67.7% | 15.7 min | 4.5% |
| ORF–BWI | Norfolk to Baltimore | 124 | 77.4% | 2.5 min | 1.6% |
| ORF–DCA | Norfolk to Washington | 93 | 62.4% | 20.1 min | 5.4% |
| ORF–LGA | Norfolk to New York | 90 | 62.2% | 14.8 min | 11.1% |
| ORF–DFW | Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth | 83 | 73.5% | 19.6 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–DTW | Norfolk to Detroit | 78 | 66.7% | 18.6 min | 3.8% |
| ORF–MCO | Norfolk to Orlando | 78 | 73.1% | 2.1 min | 9.0% |
| ORF–JFK | Norfolk to New York | 62 | 83.9% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–MIA | Norfolk to Miami | 62 | 83.9% | -5.0 min | 1.6% |
| ORF–EWR | Norfolk to Newark | 59 | 84.7% | -3.7 min | 3.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ORF on time in March 2026?
75.8% of 1,561 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2025, 82.0% of 1,554 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 75.8% and 3.5% in March 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.