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

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 3 in 4 on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
United ORF DEN 4h 00m 82% 0.5% 416 Flying now
Southwest ORF DEN 4h 05m 65% 1.4% 220 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Denver on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Denver is 2 h behind Norfolk). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
UnitedDetails → ORF 06:00 → ORD 07:29UA 5690 · flown by SkyWest 3h 25m Chicago ORD 10:54 → DEN 12:45UA 581 8h 45m 100% 94%
UnitedDetails → ORF 06:05 → IAD 07:07UA 1524 3h 06m Dulles IAD 10:13 → DEN 12:05UA 1865 8h 00m 100% 93%
AmericanDetails → ORF 05:01 → CLT 06:19AA 3168 1h 20m Charlotte CLT 07:39 → DEN 09:10AA 1754 6h 09m 99% 90%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → ORF 06:20 → ATL 08:10DL 1364 3h 00m Atlanta ATL 11:10 → DEN 12:28UA 1327 8h 08m 98% 87%
DeltaDetails → ORF 08:00 → ATL 09:49DL 1338 3h 01m Atlanta ATL 12:50 → DEN 14:04DL 957 8h 04m 98% 87%
UnitedDetails → ORF 06:15 → IAH 08:20UA 2302 1h 12m Houston IAH 09:32 → DEN 11:08UA 1450 6h 53m 97% 83%
UnitedDetails → ORF 10:45 → IAD 11:48UA 2066 1h 00m Dulles IAD 12:48 → DEN 14:42UA 1587 5h 57m 92% 83%
SouthwestDetails → ORF 06:00 → BWI 07:00WN 3183 2h 40m Baltimore BWI 09:40 → DEN 11:25WN 275 7h 25m 98% 83%
Tight connection: often missed
AmericanDetails → ORF 07:27 → PHL 08:43AA 5271 · flown by PSA 52m Philadelphia PHL 09:35 → DEN 11:56AA 3312 6h 29m 72% 59%
DeltaDetails → ORF 16:43 → ATL 18:38DL 1101 47m Atlanta ATL 19:25 → DEN 20:44DL 746 6h 01m 56% 38%
AmericanDetails → ORF 15:17 → DFW 17:41AA 2262 49m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 18:30 → DEN 19:41AA 2235 6h 24m 62% 27%

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
CLT · 1h 20m · leaves 05:01 1%
IAD · 1h 08m · leaves 06:05 3%
DFW · 1h 13m · leaves 07:03 9%
Afternoon and evening
EWR · 1h 17m · leaves 17:44 22%
DFW · 49m · leaves 15:17 38%
ATL · 47m · leaves 16:43 44%

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