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LGA vs ORF - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
LGA

New York, NY

New York, New York

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Airport B
ORF

Norfolk, VA

Norfolk, Virginia

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric LGA ORF
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 81.2% 81.6%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 80.6 min 78.5 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 18.8% 18.4%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.80% 1.38%
Total Flights 1,574,867 231,501
Delayed Flights 295,934 42,683
Cancelled Flights 28,401 3,197
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

LGA - New York, NY

Late Aircraft 41.0%
Carrier 30.2%
NAS 23.9%
Weather 4.7%
Security 0.1%

ORF - Norfolk, VA

Late Aircraft 39.2%
Carrier 32.7%
NAS 22.1%
Weather 5.9%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from LGA

Route Flights On-Time
ORD → LGA
New York
56,539 78.2%
LGA → ORD
Chicago
56,521 80.8%
ATL → LGA
New York
42,079 80.8%
LGA → ATL
Atlanta
42,078 82.2%
LGA → BOS
Boston
39,006 82.4%
BOS → LGA
New York
38,931 83.4%

Top routes from ORF

Route Flights On-Time
CLT → ORF
Norfolk
14,559 79.1%
ORF → CLT
Charlotte
14,552 83.2%
ATL → ORF
Norfolk
14,428 82.4%
ORF → ATL
Atlanta
14,428 87.4%
LGA → ORF
Norfolk
9,270 82.9%
ORF → LGA
New York
9,269 81.8%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.