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Delta Air Lines ORF to ATL on-time performance

Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Norfolk to Atlanta · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
86%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.6%
42 flights
Avg arrival delay
13 min
87 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 85% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on ORF to ATL arrived on time 86% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.6% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 85% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (44%).

On-time trend by month

60%80%100%July 2025: 73.3% on time, 1.2% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 87.9% on time, 1.2% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 93.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 91.2% on time, 0.4% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 86.1% on time, 1.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 80.7% on time, 2.7% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 89.7% on time, 4.6% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 88.8% on time, 1.1% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 81.6% on time, 2.4% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 94.3% on time, 1.9% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 84.1% on time, 1.3% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 85.6% on time, 1.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 70.0% on time, 1.2% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)44%
  • Late-arriving aircraft31%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion24%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORF to ATL

2,700 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 42 cancelled, 7 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.