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Airport month · February 2024

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International in February 2024

87.9%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 24,821 domestic departures from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL). 87.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.3% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so ATL departures were 3.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ATL that month were on time 88.5% of the time (24,802 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, national aviation system 22% and late-arriving aircraft 22%.

Every scheduled departure from ATL in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2024Year earlierATL, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time87.9%—77.1%84.0%
Arrived on time87.3%—76.6%83.4%
Cancelled0.1%—1.8%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)7.2 min—15.1 min11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day827—86517,307
Scheduled departures24,821—315,859519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines16,18565%88.5%-1.6 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines2,61811%86.4%-0.6 min0.1%
9E Endeavor Air1,9898%90.8%-5.1 min0.1%
NK Spirit Airlines8483%76.5%7.2 min0.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines7303%79.7%7.6 min0.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines7263%76.3%11.8 min0.1%
AA American Airlines5502%86.0%6.9 min0.0%
UA United Airlines5402%87.4%0.0 min0.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways2411%76.3%11.6 min1.2%
OH PSA Airlines1451%82.8%1.9 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline1291%91.5%-3.2 min0.8%
MQ Envoy Air620%85.5%0.5 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ATL–MCOAtlanta to Orlando73379.9%7.6 min0.1%
ATL–FLLAtlanta to Fort Lauderdale67980.4%5.5 min0.0%
ATL–LGAAtlanta to New York62287.1%-2.8 min1.3%
ATL–MIAAtlanta to Miami56480.7%9.4 min0.0%
ATL–DCAAtlanta to Washington55086.4%2.2 min0.0%
ATL–TPAAtlanta to Tampa53584.5%2.1 min0.2%
ATL–DFWAtlanta to Dallas/Fort Worth46782.2%6.6 min0.0%
ATL–DENAtlanta to Denver45084.0%-1.4 min0.0%
ATL–EWRAtlanta to Newark44589.2%-2.3 min0.2%
ATL–BWIAtlanta to Baltimore41084.4%3.2 min0.0%
ATL–ORDAtlanta to Chicago40085.8%-0.1 min0.0%
ATL–PHLAtlanta to Philadelphia39589.9%-0.3 min0.3%

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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2024Minutes
Air carrier52.7%35.9%83,227
Late-arriving aircraft21.8%36.9%34,391
National Aviation System21.9%21.7%34,614
Extreme weather3.3%5.3%5,270
Security0.2%0.3%326
157,828 delay minutes on 3,093 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left ATL on time in February 2024?

87.9% of 24,821 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.