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Airport month · September 2024
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International in September 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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 28,247 domestic departures from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL). 83.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.5% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so ATL departures were 0.7 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 28,344 departures with 84.2% leaving on time: a change of −0.5 points, with flights down 0%.
Flights arriving at ATL that month were on time 84.6% of the time (28,248 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 83.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.5%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.2%
September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2024 | Sep 2023 | ATL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.7% | 84.2% | 77.1% | 84.4% |
| Arrived on time | 83.5% | 84.4% | 76.6% | 83.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | 0.3% | 1.8% | 0.6% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.6 min | 9.9 min | 15.1 min | 10.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 942 | 945 | 865 | 19,421 |
| Scheduled departures | 28,247 | 28,344 | 315,859 | 582,622 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 19,151 | 68% | 83.9% | 1.8 min | 0.5% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,454 | 9% | 87.1% | 0.6 min | 0.5% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 2,208 | 8% | 87.1% | 1.7 min | 1.7% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 1,071 | 4% | 67.1% | 14.4 min | 2.8% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 738 | 3% | 75.7% | 4.7 min | 4.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 709 | 3% | 82.5% | 7.7 min | 0.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 681 | 2% | 85.2% | 0.9 min | 1.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 512 | 2% | 82.6% | 6.8 min | 1.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 274 | 1% | 81.0% | 3.8 min | 0.4% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 214 | 1% | 79.9% | 23.8 min | 2.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 138 | 0% | 80.4% | 4.4 min | 2.2% |
| YX Republic Airline | 87 | 0% | 79.3% | 6.0 min | 2.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL–LGA | Atlanta to New York | 695 | 87.2% | -4.9 min | 0.4% |
| ATL–MCO | Atlanta to Orlando | 695 | 76.4% | 7.1 min | 0.9% |
| ATL–DCA | Atlanta to Washington | 559 | 82.5% | 7.5 min | 0.5% |
| ATL–DFW | Atlanta to Dallas/Fort Worth | 548 | 78.8% | 10.0 min | 0.9% |
| ATL–FLL | Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale | 539 | 79.2% | 6.6 min | 0.9% |
| ATL–TPA | Atlanta to Tampa | 519 | 76.9% | 9.1 min | 4.6% |
| ATL–EWR | Atlanta to Newark | 511 | 81.2% | 3.4 min | 1.2% |
| ATL–MIA | Atlanta to Miami | 502 | 81.7% | 4.2 min | 0.4% |
| ATL–BWI | Atlanta to Baltimore | 496 | 81.7% | 6.6 min | 0.8% |
| ATL–ORD | Atlanta to Chicago | 496 | 81.7% | 2.3 min | 0.6% |
| ATL–DEN | Atlanta to Denver | 494 | 81.2% | 2.3 min | 0.4% |
| ATL–PHL | Atlanta to Philadelphia | 484 | 80.4% | 4.1 min | 0.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ATL on time in September 2024?
83.7% of 28,247 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2023, 84.2% of 28,344 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 83.7% and 0.8% in September 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.