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ORD 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
ORD

Chicago, IL

Chicago, Illinois

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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 ORD ORF
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 81.0% 81.6%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 81.9 min 78.5 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 19.0% 18.4%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.16% 1.38%
Total Flights 3,114,086 231,501
Delayed Flights 592,111 42,683
Cancelled Flights 36,132 3,197
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

ORD - Chicago, IL

Late Aircraft 39.2%
Carrier 33.6%
NAS 19.5%
Weather 7.7%
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 ORD

Route Flights On-Time
ORD → LGA
New York
56,539 78.2%
LGA → ORD
Chicago
56,521 80.8%
ORD → LAX
Los Angeles
37,020 79.8%
LAX → ORD
Chicago
36,987 84.3%
ORD → DEN
Denver
35,971 79.3%
DEN → ORD
Chicago
35,925 76.8%

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.