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Airport month · May 2024
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International in May 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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 29,870 domestic departures from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL). 74.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.7% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so ATL departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at ATL that month were on time 76.7% of the time (29,868 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 71.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.4%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.3%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | ATL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 74.2% | — | 77.1% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 71.7% | — | 76.6% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | — | 1.8% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.0 min | — | 15.1 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 996 | — | 865 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 29,870 | — | 315,859 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 20,022 | 67% | 73.6% | 12.3 min | 0.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 3,347 | 11% | 64.6% | 20.0 min | 0.3% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 1,739 | 6% | 82.3% | 5.8 min | 0.4% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 1,037 | 3% | 55.5% | 30.7 min | 3.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 880 | 3% | 65.1% | 20.9 min | 0.8% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 760 | 3% | 71.4% | 23.5 min | 0.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 634 | 2% | 69.2% | 17.1 min | 1.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 632 | 2% | 63.8% | 30.3 min | 4.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 305 | 1% | 70.2% | 17.1 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 176 | 1% | 76.1% | 11.3 min | 0.6% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 131 | 0% | 59.5% | 23.2 min | 0.8% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 124 | 0% | 65.3% | 11.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL–MCO | Atlanta to Orlando | 781 | 62.7% | 25.5 min | 1.0% |
| ATL–LGA | Atlanta to New York | 729 | 71.9% | 13.2 min | 0.3% |
| ATL–FLL | Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale | 703 | 69.4% | 18.6 min | 0.9% |
| ATL–TPA | Atlanta to Tampa | 628 | 69.3% | 19.2 min | 0.6% |
| ATL–MIA | Atlanta to Miami | 590 | 66.4% | 26.2 min | 0.7% |
| ATL–DCA | Atlanta to Washington | 588 | 68.2% | 16.5 min | 0.3% |
| ATL–BWI | Atlanta to Baltimore | 573 | 65.6% | 18.6 min | 0.7% |
| ATL–DEN | Atlanta to Denver | 557 | 63.4% | 18.9 min | 0.4% |
| ATL–DFW | Atlanta to Dallas/Fort Worth | 551 | 48.8% | 39.3 min | 4.0% |
| ATL–EWR | Atlanta to Newark | 548 | 71.2% | 15.3 min | 1.1% |
| ATL–PHL | Atlanta to Philadelphia | 533 | 68.9% | 17.7 min | 1.1% |
| ATL–ORD | Atlanta to Chicago | 490 | 64.3% | 24.6 min | 0.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ATL on time in May 2024?
74.2% of 29,870 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.