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Airport month · March 2024
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International in March 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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 28,459 domestic departures from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL). 80.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.2% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so ATL departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at ATL that month were on time 83.5% of the time (28,453 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 23%.
- On time 81.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.4%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.2%
March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2024 | Year earlier | ATL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.9% | — | 77.1% | 78.5% |
| Arrived on time | 81.2% | — | 76.6% | 78.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | — | 1.8% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.6 min | — | 15.1 min | 15.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 949 | — | 865 | 19,726 |
| Scheduled departures | 28,459 | — | 315,859 | 591,767 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 18,819 | 66% | 82.1% | 3.8 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 3,196 | 11% | 76.7% | 5.6 min | 0.4% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 2,152 | 8% | 90.2% | -3.0 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 884 | 3% | 72.3% | 10.3 min | 1.7% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 857 | 3% | 69.1% | 18.3 min | 2.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 717 | 3% | 79.9% | 5.7 min | 0.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 599 | 2% | 74.1% | 15.4 min | 2.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 554 | 2% | 86.8% | -2.7 min | 0.5% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 244 | 1% | 66.8% | 35.3 min | 0.8% |
| YX Republic Airline | 154 | 1% | 92.2% | -7.6 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 146 | 1% | 78.1% | 9.9 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 76 | 0% | 90.8% | -9.4 min | 1.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL–MCO | Atlanta to Orlando | 816 | 66.4% | 18.0 min | 1.0% |
| ATL–FLL | Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale | 733 | 67.0% | 17.3 min | 1.4% |
| ATL–LGA | Atlanta to New York | 660 | 81.7% | 2.8 min | 0.3% |
| ATL–MIA | Atlanta to Miami | 624 | 64.1% | 32.0 min | 1.6% |
| ATL–TPA | Atlanta to Tampa | 615 | 66.5% | 20.2 min | 0.8% |
| ATL–DCA | Atlanta to Washington | 583 | 81.1% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| ATL–DFW | Atlanta to Dallas/Fort Worth | 555 | 67.0% | 17.4 min | 1.8% |
| ATL–DEN | Atlanta to Denver | 509 | 87.2% | -4.7 min | 0.8% |
| ATL–BWI | Atlanta to Baltimore | 495 | 80.2% | 6.5 min | 1.0% |
| ATL–EWR | Atlanta to Newark | 465 | 85.6% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
| ATL–PHL | Atlanta to Philadelphia | 464 | 80.6% | 5.0 min | 0.0% |
| ATL–ORD | Atlanta to Chicago | 461 | 80.7% | 5.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ATL on time in March 2024?
80.9% of 28,459 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
March 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 March 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.