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DTW → ORF

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Norfolk International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
75.6%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.0%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
72 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
715
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 57%
  • Air traffic control & airport 21%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 16%
  • Extreme weather 6%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 72.1% 68
October 2025 85.7% 63
November 2025 78.4% 51
December 2025 69.2% 54
January 2026 55.6% 27
February 2026 80.8% 26
March 2026 65.3% 79
April 2026 83.8% 80
May 2026 84.5% 59
June 2026 77.6% 60
July 2026 67.7% 62
August 2026 77.9% 86

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Airlines on this route

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
Delta Air Lines 564 77.4% 0.9% 69 min
SkyWest Airlines 150 68.9% 1.3% 81 min
NK 1 100.0% 0.0% —

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • DL689

    19% late · 99 flights

  • DL412

    30% late · 86 flights

  • DL731

    25% late · 85 flights

  • DL2987

    18% late · 51 flights

  • DL1621

    22% late · 49 flights

  • DL763

    29% late · 49 flights

  • DL2847

    21% late · 36 flights

  • DL2758

    16% late · 31 flights

  • OO3627

    23% late · 31 flights

  • OO3661

    42% late · 31 flights

  • DL2003

    28% late · 29 flights

  • DL805

    8% late · 24 flights

  • OO3747

    21% late · 24 flights

  • OO4151

    32% late · 22 flights

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