Norfolk International Airport (IATA: ORF, ICAO: KORF, FAA LID: ORF) is a public airport located three nautical miles (5.5 km) northeast of the central business district of Norfolk, a city in Virginia, United States. 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.
Offering nearly 80 departures daily to major cities throughout the United States, Norfolk International presently is the third-busiest airport in Virginia and is ranked as the country's 66th largest airport in terms of passengers served annually, with over 3.5 million passengers served in 2009. Southwest Airlines, US Airways, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines are the predominant users of the airport.
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