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Airport month · October 2023
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International in October 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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 29,251 domestic departures from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL). 87.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.4% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so ATL departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at ATL that month were on time 89.3% of the time (29,252 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 12%.
- On time 88.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.3%
- Cancelled 0.1%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2023 | Year earlier | ATL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 87.1% | — | 77.1% | 83.8% |
| Arrived on time | 88.4% | — | 76.6% | 84.0% |
| Cancelled | 0.1% | — | 1.8% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 7.6 min | — | 15.1 min | 11.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 975 | — | 865 | 19,966 |
| Scheduled departures | 29,251 | — | 315,859 | 598,968 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 18,978 | 65% | 91.0% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 3,305 | 11% | 83.0% | 2.5 min | 0.1% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 1,895 | 6% | 95.0% | -9.4 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 1,090 | 4% | 62.4% | 24.0 min | 0.9% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 1,066 | 4% | 82.3% | 4.1 min | 1.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 774 | 3% | 89.3% | -0.2 min | 0.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 756 | 3% | 83.6% | 3.2 min | 0.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 628 | 2% | 85.8% | 11.4 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 358 | 1% | 80.2% | 6.8 min | 0.3% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 122 | 0% | 83.6% | 5.5 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 118 | 0% | 90.7% | -5.7 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 107 | 0% | 88.8% | -9.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL–MCO | Atlanta to Orlando | 791 | 83.8% | 4.7 min | 0.5% |
| ATL–LGA | Atlanta to New York | 698 | 89.4% | -7.9 min | 0.3% |
| ATL–FLL | Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale | 664 | 82.5% | 3.5 min | 0.2% |
| ATL–DCA | Atlanta to Washington | 592 | 90.0% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| ATL–BWI | Atlanta to Baltimore | 570 | 80.7% | 6.1 min | 0.2% |
| ATL–PHL | Atlanta to Philadelphia | 565 | 84.1% | 3.4 min | 0.0% |
| ATL–TPA | Atlanta to Tampa | 557 | 84.7% | 3.8 min | 0.2% |
| ATL–DFW | Atlanta to Dallas/Fort Worth | 540 | 78.7% | 6.6 min | 0.6% |
| ATL–DEN | Atlanta to Denver | 524 | 84.4% | 3.4 min | 0.2% |
| ATL–LAX | Atlanta to Los Angeles | 523 | 86.4% | -0.7 min | 0.8% |
| ATL–MIA | Atlanta to Miami | 516 | 81.2% | 6.9 min | 0.0% |
| ATL–ORD | Atlanta to Chicago | 514 | 82.5% | 2.4 min | 1.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ATL on time in October 2023?
87.1% of 29,251 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
October 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 October 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.