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Airport month · May 2026
Norfolk International in May 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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,790 domestic departures from Norfolk International (ORF). 81.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.5% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so ORF departures were 4.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 1,676 departures with 76.6% leaving on time: a change of +5.1 points, with flights up 7%.
Flights arriving at ORF that month were on time 77.4% of the time (1,792 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 34%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 27%.
- On time 81.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.2%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.5%
May 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2026 | May 2025 | ORF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.7% | 76.6% | 78.3% | 77.1% |
| Arrived on time | 81.5% | 73.6% | 77.4% | 77.6% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | 1.7% | 2.5% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.3 min | 17.3 min | 18.2 min | 16.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 60 | 56 | 55 | 20,391 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,790 | 1,676 | 20,186 | 611,735 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 294 | 16% | 82.3% | 9.4 min | 1.4% |
| YX Republic Airline | 293 | 16% | 79.5% | 5.1 min | 1.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 282 | 16% | 83.0% | 0.5 min | 1.4% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 237 | 13% | 75.1% | 10.5 min | 0.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 236 | 13% | 81.8% | 4.7 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 187 | 10% | 83.4% | 7.0 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 88 | 5% | 84.1% | -2.1 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 72 | 4% | 90.3% | -13.5 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 53 | 3% | 79.2% | 5.3 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 46 | 3% | 89.1% | -3.4 min | 2.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 2 | 0% | 0.0% | 52.0 min | 50.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORF–ATL | Norfolk to Atlanta | 267 | 82.0% | 5.2 min | 1.1% |
| ORF–CLT | Norfolk to Charlotte | 229 | 85.2% | -3.5 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–ORD | Norfolk to Chicago | 210 | 84.3% | 0.7 min | 0.5% |
| ORF–BWI | Norfolk to Baltimore | 124 | 86.3% | 3.1 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–LGA | Norfolk to New York | 104 | 73.1% | 12.0 min | 1.9% |
| ORF–EWR | Norfolk to Newark | 99 | 82.8% | 4.5 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–DCA | Norfolk to Washington | 91 | 71.4% | 21.5 min | 1.1% |
| ORF–DFW | Norfolk to Dallas/Fort Worth | 89 | 68.5% | 16.4 min | 4.5% |
| ORF–PHL | Norfolk to Philadelphia | 73 | 79.5% | 4.9 min | 1.4% |
| ORF–IAD | Norfolk to Washington | 62 | 96.8% | -14.2 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–MIA | Norfolk to Miami | 62 | 83.9% | 3.6 min | 0.0% |
| ORF–DTW | Norfolk to Detroit | 59 | 81.4% | 26.9 min | 1.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ORF on time in May 2026?
81.7% of 1,790 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2025, 76.6% of 1,676 departures left on time and 1.7% were cancelled, against 81.7% and 0.8% in May 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.