Norfolk International Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Norfolk | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Norfolk Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Norfolk-Virginia Beach | ||||||||||||||
| 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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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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| Aircraft operations | 91,906 |
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| Based aircraft | 93 |
| Passenger boardings | 1,500,695 |
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.
This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport since it has over 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) per year. 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.
In 2012, Norfolk Airport served 3,132,728 total passengers (arriving and departing), a 1.33 percent increase compared to the previous year, which saw a total passenger count of 2,989,388. 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 is the country's 76th largest airport in terms of passengers served annually.Southwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and American Airlines are the predominant users of the airport. The Airport has lost airlines and destinations over the last 15 years due to consolidation of airlines, and an under-performing airport.
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