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ORF vs BNA - 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
ORF

Norfolk, VA

Norfolk, Virginia

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Airport B
BNA

Nashville, TN

Nashville, Tennessee

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric ORF BNA
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 81.6% 80.8%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 78.5 min 68.0 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 18.4% 19.2%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.38% 1.15%
Total Flights 231,501 1,046,597
Delayed Flights 42,683 201,312
Cancelled Flights 3,197 12,024
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

ORF - Norfolk, VA

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

BNA - Nashville, TN

Late Aircraft 45.5%
Carrier 30.2%
NAS 19.7%
Weather 4.5%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

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%

Top routes from BNA

Route Flights On-Time
ORD → BNA
Nashville
26,413 79%
BNA → ORD
Chicago
26,402 80.1%
BNA → LGA
New York
23,500 81.4%
LGA → BNA
Nashville
23,495 81.2%
BNA → ATL
Atlanta
22,232 87.9%
ATL → BNA
Nashville
22,217 85.2%

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.