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Airport month · January 2024
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International in January 2024
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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 26,315 domestic departures from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL). 78.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.0% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so ATL departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at ATL that month were on time 78.1% of the time (26,294 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 78.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.7%
- Cancelled 1.0%
- Diverted 0.3%
January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2024 | Year earlier | ATL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 78.4% | — | 77.1% | 74.0% |
| Arrived on time | 78.0% | — | 76.6% | 72.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | — | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.9 min | — | 15.1 min | 18.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 877 | — | 865 | 18,242 |
| Scheduled departures | 26,315 | — | 315,859 | 547,271 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 16,511 | 63% | 81.5% | 3.4 min | 0.4% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,983 | 11% | 72.2% | 9.4 min | 1.9% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 2,519 | 10% | 73.4% | 15.9 min | 2.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 938 | 4% | 69.8% | 12.6 min | 0.6% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 806 | 3% | 67.1% | 31.8 min | 1.6% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 746 | 3% | 67.7% | 16.5 min | 1.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 549 | 2% | 75.6% | 8.8 min | 0.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 530 | 2% | 77.5% | 8.0 min | 6.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 270 | 1% | 69.3% | 16.8 min | 0.7% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 199 | 1% | 78.9% | 6.5 min | 2.5% |
| YX Republic Airline | 132 | 1% | 82.6% | 4.2 min | 3.8% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 68 | 0% | 66.2% | -11.1 min | 22.1% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL–MCO | Atlanta to Orlando | 792 | 75.5% | 9.4 min | 0.5% |
| ATL–FLL | Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale | 732 | 75.7% | 10.2 min | 0.0% |
| ATL–LGA | Atlanta to New York | 645 | 81.2% | 5.2 min | 1.2% |
| ATL–MIA | Atlanta to Miami | 634 | 67.7% | 13.7 min | 0.2% |
| ATL–DCA | Atlanta to Washington | 572 | 78.5% | 8.3 min | 3.0% |
| ATL–TPA | Atlanta to Tampa | 560 | 75.2% | 10.5 min | 0.4% |
| ATL–DFW | Atlanta to Dallas/Fort Worth | 476 | 68.9% | 15.3 min | 0.8% |
| ATL–DEN | Atlanta to Denver | 470 | 78.5% | 1.6 min | 2.1% |
| ATL–EWR | Atlanta to Newark | 461 | 79.0% | 2.6 min | 3.5% |
| ATL–BWI | Atlanta to Baltimore | 445 | 78.7% | 5.9 min | 1.1% |
| ATL–ORD | Atlanta to Chicago | 425 | 75.1% | 12.9 min | 2.4% |
| ATL–PHL | Atlanta to Philadelphia | 421 | 78.9% | 4.8 min | 0.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ATL on time in January 2024?
78.4% of 26,315 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.