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Airport month · April 2024

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International in April 2024

82.1%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 28,419 domestic departures from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL). 82.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so ATL departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ATL that month were on time 84.7% of the time (28,394 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 24%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2024Year earlierATL, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time82.1%—77.1%80.5%
Arrived on time81.1%—76.6%80.2%
Cancelled0.2%—1.8%0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)11.4 min—15.1 min14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day947—86519,406
Scheduled departures28,419—315,859582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines18,82266%82.4%4.8 min0.1%
WN Southwest Airlines3,23911%77.5%6.9 min0.4%
9E Endeavor Air2,0317%87.3%-1.3 min0.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines9403%63.2%27.0 min1.7%
NK Spirit Airlines8383%80.3%3.5 min0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines6872%79.6%12.8 min0.3%
AA American Airlines5762%76.4%14.6 min0.9%
UA United Airlines5382%78.8%8.9 min0.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways2661%75.6%15.8 min1.1%
OH PSA Airlines1971%72.6%9.0 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline1330%86.5%-3.5 min0.8%
AS Alaska Airlines850%88.2%-3.4 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ATL–MCOAtlanta to Orlando78873.2%15.8 min1.0%
ATL–FLLAtlanta to Fort Lauderdale70778.4%8.8 min0.3%
ATL–LGAAtlanta to New York70680.7%5.3 min0.7%
ATL–TPAAtlanta to Tampa60877.1%14.5 min0.2%
ATL–MIAAtlanta to Miami59073.4%15.7 min0.2%
ATL–DCAAtlanta to Washington56776.0%8.4 min0.2%
ATL–BWIAtlanta to Baltimore53577.2%10.0 min1.1%
ATL–DENAtlanta to Denver53174.4%6.4 min0.2%
ATL–DFWAtlanta to Dallas/Fort Worth53065.1%20.6 min1.7%
ATL–EWRAtlanta to Newark50377.7%10.2 min0.4%
ATL–PHLAtlanta to Philadelphia49779.1%8.8 min0.2%
ATL–ORDAtlanta to Chicago46978.7%7.2 min0.0%

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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2024Minutes
Air carrier44.5%33.6%133,331
Late-arriving aircraft28.0%41.0%84,079
National Aviation System24.2%20.0%72,523
Extreme weather3.2%5.1%9,560
Security0.1%0.2%411
299,904 delay minutes on 5,240 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 April 2024?

82.1% of 28,419 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.