Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 7% of the time at 8 am and 1 time in 3 at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	DTW	ORF	1h 49m	75%	1.2%	977	Flying now
Spirit	DTW	ORF	–	77%few flights	0.0%	13	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Norfolk on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	DTW 08:50 → IAD 10:23DL 2884	2h 42m Dulles	IAD 13:05 → ORF 14:17UA 6313 · flown by Mesa	5h 27m	100%	92%
Southwest Details →	DTW 05:50 → BWI 07:20WN 4534	3h 20m Baltimore	BWI 10:40 → ORF 11:40WN 1070	5h 50m	100%	92%
Delta Details →	DTW 06:17 → ATL 08:12DL 1611	1h 34m Atlanta	ATL 09:46 → ORF 11:28DL 2755	5h 11m	97%	84%
American Details →	DTW 10:33 → ORD 11:04AA 4103 · flown by Envoy	3h 35m Chicago	ORD 14:39 → ORF 17:59AA 4164 · flown by Envoy	7h 30m	100%	83%
American Details →	DTW 07:00 → CLT 08:54AA 1439	2h 26m Charlotte	CLT 11:20 → ORF 12:34AA 2254	5h 34m	98%	82%
Delta + JetBluetwo ticketsDetails →	DTW 10:05 → BOS 12:05DL 2648	3h 22m Boston	BOS 15:27 → ORF 17:10B6 1813	7h 05m	98%	81%
Delta Details →	DTW 05:17 → ATL 07:10DL 2375	4h 00m Atlanta	ATL 11:10 → ORF 12:47DL 2925	7h 35m	99%	81%
United Details →	DTW 06:00 → IAD 07:34UA 4058 · flown by Mesa	56m Dulles	IAD 08:30 → ORF 09:39UA 2112	3h 39m	85%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	DTW 07:03 → JFK 09:00DL 5216 · flown by Endeavor	50m New York	JFK 09:50 → ORF 11:27DL 5370 · flown by Endeavor	4h 24m	73%	60%
Delta Details →	DTW 14:02 → LGA 15:55DL 2602	53m New York	LGA 16:48 → ORF 18:33DL 5348 · flown by Endeavor	4h 29m	70%	38%
American Details →	DTW 17:29 → DCA 19:15AA 5172 · flown by PSA	1h 32m Washington	DCA 20:47 → ORF 21:53AA 5662 · flown by PSA	4h 23m	67%	33%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

IAD · 1h 15m · leaves 10:13 6%

CLT · 1h 14m · leaves 06:00 7%

PHL · 1h 16m · leaves 06:05 9%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 50m · leaves 13:41 32%

LGA · 1h 05m · leaves 17:59 34%

MSP · 47m · leaves 18:10 39%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON