Norfolk International
ORF · KORF · Norfolk, Virginia · Norfolk County · map
Norfolk International is a public-use airport owned by Norfolk Airport Auth, 3 miles northeast of Norfolk, Virginia, 26 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 9,001 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 108 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 84,151 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2,433,524 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Norfolk International?
Its FAA code is ORF, and its ICAO code is KORF.
Where is Norfolk International?
It is 3 miles northeast of Norfolk, Virginia, 26 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Norfolk International?
Its one runway, 05/23, is 9,001 feet long, asphalt and concrete.
Does Norfolk International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Norfolk International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Norfolk International?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Charlotte/Douglas International, Laguardia, Chicago O'Hare International, Philadelphia International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Norfolk International?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Teterboro School of Aeronautics INC and Aviation Institute of Maintenance. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Norfolk International?
3 pilot examiners and 13 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ORF · ICAO KORF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Norfolk Airport Auth
- Elevation
- 26 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 9,001 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 1,000 ft, 7,809 ft available for landing, trees 41 ft high 2,100 ft from the end
- Runway 23: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), pole 49 ft high 1,500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 127.15 | Norfolk |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance | 118.5 | Norfolk |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery · Departure arriving from headings 311 to 009; When tower closed | 124.9 | Langley |
| Ground | 121.9 | Norfolk |
| Tower | 120.8 | Norfolk |
| Approach · Class C airspace · Kohls and star 010-080, 180-310; arriving from headings 010 to 310 | 118.9 | Norfolk |
| Approach and departure | 119.45 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.55 | Elizabeth City |
| Departure · Departure procedure (HOLND) · Departure procedure (NUTIY) | 125.2 | Norfolk |
| Class C airspace · Approach and departure · Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) arriving from headings 311 to 009 | 125.7 | Norfolk |
| Approach and departure arriving from headings 180 to 310 | 127.9 | Langley |
| Approach and departure arriving from headings 010 to 179 | 134.875 | Langley |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Norfolk |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 276-200-0952.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Hampton Roads Executive (14 nm southwest), Chesapeake Regional (15 nm southwest), Newport News/Williamsburg International (20 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Virginia · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Noise abatement procedures in effect.
- Police dispatch.
- Runway 23 +1 feet fence 80 feet from runway end 400 feet R 10 feet fence 0-200 270 feet L.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced threshold.
- Concrete ptns: longl cracks and spalling.
- Flocks of birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Intmt airfield mowing operations mar - nov.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 27,923 departures from ORF in those twelve months, carrying 2,528,927 passengers in 3,253,747 seats (78% filled), to 114 destinations (5 abroad) on 32 airlines.
All 114 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 52 |
| multi-engine | 31 |
| jets | 23 |
| helicopters | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 84,151, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 49,483 |
| air taxi and commuter | 9,904 |
| general aviation, travelling | 15,140 |
| general aviation, local | 7,768 |
| military | 1,856 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Norfolk from the FAA register
76 aircraft are registered to owners in Norfolk, Virginia: 55 piston singles, 5 turboprops, 5 piston twins, 4 business jets, 2 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Teterboro School of Aeronautics INC 5 aircraft · Virginia Beach, 12 miles away
- Aviation Institute of Maintenance 2 aircraft · Virginia Beach, 12 miles away
- Air Pirates Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Virginia Beach, 12 miles away The Tidewater Flying Club is a non-profit flying club founded in 1967, based at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (KPHF) in Newport News, Virginia.
Charter operators and airlines based in Norfolk:
- Skydance Aviation LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate SkyDance Air is a Part 135 on-demand charter operator founded in 2002, operating Cirrus Vision Jets and IAI Westwind 2 aircraft from bases in Orlando and Houston.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 13 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- David Hynes private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; helicopters · Chesapeake, VA (12 nm) · (757) 406-9044 · [email protected]
- Steven Arthur Martin private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Chesapeake Regional Airport · Chesapeake, VA (15 nm) · (757) 717-7274 · [email protected]
- John Thompson Molumphy private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Windsor, VA (25 nm) · (540) 529-9298 · [email protected]
All 26 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 19 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Norfolk 76 aircraft · 55 piston singles, 5 turboprops, 5 piston twins
- Iaba LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Skydance Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Turner Strategic Technologies LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Stevens Aviation and Parts LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Skydance Aviation LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Teterboro School of Aeronautics INC 5 aircraft · flight school
- Aviation Institute of Maintenance 2 aircraft · flight school
- Air Pirates Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 2,889 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., Frontier Airlines Inc.
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 2,444 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., PSA Airlines Inc.
- Laguardia (LGA) 2,049 flights in twelve months · Republic Airline, Endeavor Air Inc.
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 1,843 flights in twelve months · United Air Lines Inc., Republic Airline
- Philadelphia International (PHL) 1,697 flights in twelve months · Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines Inc.
- John F Kennedy International (JFK) 1,581 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., Republic Airline
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) 1,546 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 1,403 flights in twelve months · United Air Lines Inc., CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 19 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Virginia 1,361 since 1982 · 229 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Virginia 64 landing places
- Virginia 5,974 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ORF.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 26, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.