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Airport month · September 2023
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International in September 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 28,344 domestic departures from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL). 84.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.4% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so ATL departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at ATL that month were on time 87.2% of the time (28,359 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 25% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 84.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.1%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.2%
September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2023 | Year earlier | ATL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.2% | — | 77.1% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 84.4% | — | 76.6% | 80.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | — | 1.8% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.9 min | — | 15.1 min | 14.1 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 945 | — | 865 | 18,978 |
| Scheduled departures | 28,344 | — | 315,859 | 569,338 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 18,284 | 65% | 86.7% | -0.4 min | 0.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 3,062 | 11% | 80.7% | 4.2 min | 0.4% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 2,062 | 7% | 89.6% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 1,073 | 4% | 61.8% | 21.1 min | 2.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 1,033 | 4% | 78.3% | 5.2 min | 0.9% |
| UA United Airlines | 748 | 3% | 82.8% | 2.7 min | 1.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 680 | 2% | 85.9% | 6.5 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 599 | 2% | 82.5% | 10.8 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 341 | 1% | 58.7% | 37.8 min | 4.1% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 133 | 0% | 82.7% | 12.7 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 115 | 0% | 80.0% | -1.8 min | 4.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 108 | 0% | 84.3% | -1.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL–MCO | Atlanta to Orlando | 742 | 78.0% | 9.4 min | 0.5% |
| ATL–LGA | Atlanta to New York | 652 | 77.8% | 7.8 min | 2.8% |
| ATL–FLL | Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale | 631 | 78.3% | 5.1 min | 0.3% |
| ATL–DCA | Atlanta to Washington | 573 | 84.8% | -1.4 min | 0.9% |
| ATL–MIA | Atlanta to Miami | 544 | 71.7% | 9.5 min | 0.2% |
| ATL–LAX | Atlanta to Los Angeles | 532 | 75.4% | 6.6 min | 0.4% |
| ATL–BWI | Atlanta to Baltimore | 528 | 80.7% | 6.9 min | 0.8% |
| ATL–TPA | Atlanta to Tampa | 524 | 79.8% | 8.0 min | 0.4% |
| ATL–DFW | Atlanta to Dallas/Fort Worth | 522 | 80.7% | 11.5 min | 0.4% |
| ATL–PHL | Atlanta to Philadelphia | 521 | 81.2% | 4.6 min | 1.0% |
| ATL–ORD | Atlanta to Chicago | 516 | 82.8% | 0.5 min | 0.0% |
| ATL–EWR | Atlanta to Newark | 505 | 77.4% | 8.8 min | 2.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ATL on time in September 2023?
84.2% of 28,344 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
September 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ATL · methodology · corrections.