Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International in February 2025

77.4%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 22,640 domestic departures from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL). 77.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.6% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so ATL departures were 1.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 24,821 departures with 87.9% leaving on time: a change of −10.5 points, with flights down 9%.

Flights arriving at ATL that month were on time 80.3% of the time (22,638 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 77.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.9%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from ATL in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	ATL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	77.4%	87.9%	77.1%	79.2%
Arrived on time	77.6%	87.3%	76.6%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.1%	1.8%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.3 min	7.2 min	15.1 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	755	827	865	16,830
Scheduled departures	22,640	24,821	315,859	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	16,723	74%	77.9%	6.7 min	0.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	2,100	9%	82.1%	2.2 min	0.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	906	4%	64.0%	21.9 min	0.9%
NK Spirit Airlines	653	3%	76.1%	9.6 min	0.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	623	3%	75.0%	18.9 min	0.8%
UA United Airlines	530	2%	84.7%	1.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	467	2%	81.8%	4.1 min	1.3%
OH PSA Airlines	277	1%	65.7%	15.4 min	6.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways	155	1%	69.7%	27.4 min	3.2%
MQ Envoy Air	71	0%	85.9%	-2.4 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	68	0%	55.9%	36.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	67	0%	61.2%	21.8 min	4.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ATL–MCO	Atlanta to Orlando	658	72.6%	12.0 min	0.2%
ATL–DCA	Atlanta to Washington	531	54.6%	26.6 min	2.3%
ATL–FLL	Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale	528	73.9%	10.9 min	0.2%
ATL–LGA	Atlanta to New York	528	76.7%	5.9 min	1.1%
ATL–MIA	Atlanta to Miami	497	73.8%	14.5 min	0.8%
ATL–TPA	Atlanta to Tampa	491	76.8%	11.0 min	0.4%
ATL–DFW	Atlanta to Dallas/Fort Worth	473	76.7%	7.4 min	0.4%
ATL–EWR	Atlanta to Newark	464	70.3%	14.8 min	0.0%
ATL–BWI	Atlanta to Baltimore	432	82.2%	5.3 min	0.2%
ATL–PHL	Atlanta to Philadelphia	409	73.8%	11.2 min	1.0%
ATL–DEN	Atlanta to Denver	393	75.3%	9.8 min	0.0%
ATL–ORD	Atlanta to Chicago	391	78.8%	7.9 min	0.0%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	49.1%	33.9%	154,813
Late-arriving aircraft	28.0%	36.9%	88,114
National Aviation System	17.3%	22.5%	54,601
Extreme weather	5.5%	6.6%	17,218
Security	0.1%	0.1%	437

315,183 delay minutes on 4,951 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 February 2025?

77.4% of 22,640 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 87.9% of 24,821 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 77.4% and 0.3% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.