Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International in November 2025

78.7%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 25,888 domestic departures from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL). 78.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.2% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so ATL departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 28,015 departures with 86.6% leaving on time: a change of −7.9 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at ATL that month were on time 81.4% of the time (25,871 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 27%.

On time 78.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.2%
Cancelled 2.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	ATL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	78.7%	86.6%	77.1%	78.1%
Arrived on time	78.2%	86.3%	76.6%	77.3%
Cancelled	2.5%	0.1%	1.8%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.7 min	7.8 min	15.1 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	863	934	865	19,018
Scheduled departures	25,888	28,015	315,859	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	19,530	75%	80.3%	3.9 min	2.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	1,551	6%	63.8%	24.8 min	3.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,532	6%	78.3%	6.0 min	2.5%
UA United Airlines	645	2%	73.8%	11.3 min	2.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	561	2%	74.5%	7.8 min	7.8%
NK Spirit Airlines	545	2%	72.7%	11.8 min	2.4%
AA American Airlines	521	2%	75.2%	15.8 min	2.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways	273	1%	71.8%	11.3 min	5.9%
OH PSA Airlines	264	1%	70.5%	16.6 min	5.7%
YX Republic Airline	208	1%	63.9%	16.7 min	6.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	137	1%	79.6%	3.9 min	0.7%
MQ Envoy Air	121	0%	66.9%	22.0 min	4.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ATL–LGA	Atlanta to New York	760	66.1%	18.9 min	2.8%
ATL–MCO	Atlanta to Orlando	639	72.6%	12.4 min	2.7%
ATL–FLL	Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale	608	74.7%	9.2 min	2.3%
ATL–DFW	Atlanta to Dallas/Fort Worth	553	71.2%	16.2 min	2.5%
ATL–DCA	Atlanta to Washington	544	66.9%	19.3 min	3.3%
ATL–ORD	Atlanta to Chicago	526	63.3%	25.9 min	5.3%
ATL–EWR	Atlanta to Newark	515	63.1%	18.9 min	4.7%
ATL–MIA	Atlanta to Miami	495	71.1%	15.1 min	1.4%
ATL–TPA	Atlanta to Tampa	488	73.8%	11.3 min	2.9%
ATL–BWI	Atlanta to Baltimore	469	78.3%	9.0 min	1.7%
ATL–PHL	Atlanta to Philadelphia	465	74.4%	8.5 min	4.1%
ATL–DEN	Atlanta to Denver	449	85.5%	-0.5 min	1.1%

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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	38.4%	30.2%	125,109
Late-arriving aircraft	29.9%	38.3%	97,498
National Aviation System	27.3%	26.7%	88,994
Extreme weather	4.0%	4.6%	13,194
Security	0.4%	0.1%	1,311

326,106 delay minutes on 4,960 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 2025?

78.7% of 25,888 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 86.6% of 28,015 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 78.7% and 2.5% in November 2025.

Provenance

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