Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International in November 2024

86.6%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 28,015 domestic departures from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL). 86.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so ATL departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 27,473 departures with 89.2% leaving on time: a change of −2.6 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at ATL that month were on time 87.8% of the time (28,002 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 86.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.4%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	ATL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	86.6%	89.2%	77.1%	85.2%
Arrived on time	86.3%	90.0%	76.6%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.0%	1.8%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.8 min	6.4 min	15.1 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	934	916	865	19,180
Scheduled departures	28,015	27,473	315,859	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	18,565	66%	87.6%	-1.7 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	2,537	9%	89.9%	-2.3 min	0.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	2,449	9%	88.4%	-2.9 min	0.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	1,163	4%	72.7%	11.3 min	0.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	839	3%	72.0%	15.0 min	0.2%
UA United Airlines	618	2%	82.8%	4.6 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	588	2%	84.9%	7.1 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	560	2%	82.3%	7.3 min	0.4%
OH PSA Airlines	261	1%	82.8%	9.9 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	183	1%	77.0%	8.8 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	136	0%	73.5%	4.4 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	71	0%	80.3%	5.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ATL–MCO	Atlanta to Orlando	705	86.0%	0.1 min	0.1%
ATL–LGA	Atlanta to New York	585	87.9%	-1.9 min	0.0%
ATL–FLL	Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale	576	82.8%	2.9 min	0.0%
ATL–DCA	Atlanta to Washington	566	83.7%	4.3 min	0.0%
ATL–DFW	Atlanta to Dallas/Fort Worth	547	81.0%	5.0 min	0.7%
ATL–BWI	Atlanta to Baltimore	535	82.6%	3.7 min	0.4%
ATL–TPA	Atlanta to Tampa	524	86.8%	0.5 min	0.0%
ATL–MIA	Atlanta to Miami	521	83.5%	5.0 min	0.0%
ATL–EWR	Atlanta to Newark	512	63.3%	21.5 min	0.4%
ATL–PHL	Atlanta to Philadelphia	477	81.1%	3.9 min	0.0%
ATL–ORD	Atlanta to Chicago	473	83.5%	3.0 min	0.0%
ATL–DEN	Atlanta to Denver	465	83.9%	3.7 min	0.2%

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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	48.1%	36.9%	91,524
Late-arriving aircraft	25.6%	35.6%	48,647
National Aviation System	23.4%	21.9%	44,484
Extreme weather	2.8%	5.4%	5,397
Security	0.1%	0.2%	119

190,171 delay minutes on 3,764 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left ATL on time in November 2024?

86.6% of 28,015 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 89.2% of 27,473 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 86.6% and 0.1% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.