Norfolk International Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Norfolk | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Norfolk Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Hampton Roads | ||||||||||||||
Location | Norfolk, Virginia | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 27 ft / 8 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°53′41″N 076°12′04″W / 36.89472°N 76.20111°WCoordinates: 36°53′41″N 076°12′04″W / 36.89472°N 76.20111°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | NorfolkAirport.com | ||||||||||||||
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Location of airport in Virginia / United States | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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Aircraft operations (2016) | 74,264 |
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Based aircraft (2017) | 95 |
Passenger boardings | 1,593,000 |
Norfolk International Airport (IATA: ORF, ICAO: KORF, FAA LID: ORF) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Norfolk, an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is owned by the city of Norfolk and operated by the Norfolk Airport Authority: a bureau under the municipal government. The airport serves the entire Hampton Roads metropolitan area of southeast Virginia (along with Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport in Newport News) as well as northeast North Carolina.
It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a small-hub primary commercial service facility. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,606,695 enplanements in calendar year 2011, a decrease of 3.4 percent from 1,663,294 in 2010.
For the 12 mouth period ending January 2017, Norfolk Airport served 3,199,000 total passengers. Earlier annual passenger numbers included 3,332,466 (2010) 3,409,456 (2009); 3,549,204 (2008); and 3,714,323 (2007). As of 2010[update], Norfolk International is ranked as the fourth-busiest airport in Virginia (just behind of Richmond International), following Dulles International Airport and Reagan National Airport in the Washington, DC area and as of January 2017 is the country's 70th largest airport in terms of passengers served annually.Southwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and American Airlines are the predominant users of the airport.