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 86% on time.

Nonstops


Delta	ORF	ATL	1h 55m	86%	1.6%	2,700	Flying now
Frontier	ORF	ATL	1h 58m	78%	1.7%	241	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	ORF 06:00 → BWI 07:00WN 3183	1h 20m Baltimore	BWI 08:20 → ATL 10:20WN 3931	4h 18m	98%	90%
United Details →	ORF 06:05 → IAD 07:07UA 1524	1h 08m Dulles	IAD 08:15 → ATL 10:14UA 2739	4h 09m	97%	86%
American Details →	ORF 06:23 → PHL 07:40AA 5088 · flown by PSA	1h 52m Philadelphia	PHL 09:32 → ATL 11:53AA 4338 · flown by Republic	5h 30m	94%	86%
American Details →	ORF 05:01 → CLT 06:19AA 3168	2h 51m Charlotte	CLT 09:10 → ATL 10:41AA 5039 · flown by PSA	5h 40m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	ORF 06:05 → DTW 07:54DL 1079	2h 31m Detroit	DTW 10:25 → ATL 12:25DL 2856	6h 18m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	ORF 07:00 → JFK 08:20DL 5356 · flown by Endeavor	2h 40m New York	JFK 11:00 → ATL 13:33DL 1029	6h 28m	96%	78%
Delta Details →	ORF 06:04 → LGA 07:30DL 5334 · flown by Endeavor	3h 29m New York	LGA 10:59 → ATL 13:20DL 993	7h 16m	96%	75%
American Details →	ORF 06:00 → DCA 06:59AA 5520 · flown by PSA	1h 21m Washington	DCA 08:20 → ATL 10:27AA 3976 · flown by Envoy	4h 27m	94%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	ORF 12:37 → DTW 14:43DL 4653 · flown by Endeavor	1h 17m Detroit	DTW 16:00 → ATL 18:04DL 1467	5h 27m	71%	53%
American Details →	ORF 14:29 → CLT 15:57AA 2255	49m Charlotte	CLT 16:46 → ATL 18:14AA 5040 · flown by PSA	3h 45m	59%	26%
American Details →	ORF 17:42 → DCA 18:55AA 5338 · flown by PSA	1h 04m Washington	DCA 19:59 → ATL 22:03AA 5502 · flown by PSA	4h 19m	51%	22%

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

BWI · 1h 20m · leaves 06:00 2%

IAD · 1h 08m · leaves 06:05 3%

EWR · 1h 06m · leaves 06:00 13%

Afternoon and evening

IAD · 1h 15m · leaves 19:59 15%

DCA · 1h 04m · leaves 17:42 49%

CLT · 46m · leaves 20:20 60%

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.


American AA 3168 ORF 05:01 → CLT Delta DL 3156 CLT 08:01 → ATL Connection details →	1h 42m	4h 16m	97%	87%
Southwest WN 3183 ORF 06:00 → BWI Delta DL 1592 BWI 10:33 → ATL Connection details →	3h 33m	6h 24m	98%	86%
Southwest WN 2834 ORF 07:05 → MDW Delta DL 1063 MDW 11:05 → ATL Connection details →	2h 55m	6h 56m	96%	84%

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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