Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International in November 2023

89.2%departed on time

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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 27,473 domestic departures from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL). 89.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so ATL departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ATL that month were on time 89.9% of the time (27,466 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 90.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.9%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from ATL in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	ATL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	89.2%	—	77.1%	86.0%
Arrived on time	90.0%	—	76.6%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.8%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.4 min	—	15.1 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	916	—	865	18,793
Scheduled departures	27,473	—	315,859	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	17,821	65%	92.9%	-5.7 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	3,425	12%	85.5%	0.0 min	0.1%
9E Endeavor Air	1,671	6%	94.4%	-8.4 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	1,053	4%	72.6%	11.7 min	0.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	983	4%	70.9%	16.9 min	0.2%
AA American Airlines	734	3%	85.8%	1.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	567	2%	89.4%	-2.7 min	0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	555	2%	91.0%	-2.4 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	327	1%	78.6%	7.7 min	0.3%
OH PSA Airlines	138	1%	88.4%	8.0 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	96	0%	83.3%	-2.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	88	0%	89.8%	-5.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ATL–MCO	Atlanta to Orlando	770	86.8%	3.1 min	0.0%
ATL–LGA	Atlanta to New York	685	91.5%	-7.1 min	0.0%
ATL–FLL	Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale	666	80.9%	4.9 min	0.3%
ATL–DCA	Atlanta to Washington	563	88.8%	-0.8 min	0.0%
ATL–MIA	Atlanta to Miami	552	86.2%	3.1 min	0.0%
ATL–TPA	Atlanta to Tampa	551	86.4%	2.9 min	0.0%
ATL–BWI	Atlanta to Baltimore	548	86.7%	1.9 min	0.2%
ATL–DFW	Atlanta to Dallas/Fort Worth	538	82.9%	0.2 min	0.0%
ATL–DEN	Atlanta to Denver	513	87.9%	-4.9 min	0.2%
ATL–PHL	Atlanta to Philadelphia	500	88.0%	1.4 min	0.0%
ATL–LAX	Atlanta to Los Angeles	466	83.3%	-0.3 min	0.2%
ATL–DTW	Atlanta to Detroit	460	86.3%	-0.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	52.8%	42.5%	72,622
Late-arriving aircraft	31.3%	37.3%	43,069
National Aviation System	13.9%	16.2%	19,159
Extreme weather	1.8%	3.7%	2,422
Security	0.2%	0.3%	296

137,568 delay minutes on 2,715 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left ATL on time in November 2023?

89.2% of 27,473 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.