Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International in February 2026

80.5%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 23,024 domestic departures from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL). 80.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.0% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so ATL departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 22,640 departures with 77.4% leaving on time: a change of +3.1 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at ATL that month were on time 83.7% of the time (23,020 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 79.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.3%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from ATL in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	ATL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	80.5%	77.4%	77.1%	78.1%
Arrived on time	79.0%	77.6%	76.6%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.5%	0.3%	1.8%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.5 min	15.3 min	15.1 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	768	755	865	17,168
Scheduled departures	23,024	22,640	315,859	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	17,356	75%	80.6%	2.9 min	1.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	1,479	6%	68.4%	17.7 min	1.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,351	6%	81.3%	1.9 min	1.2%
UA United Airlines	557	2%	85.5%	-2.4 min	2.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	520	2%	66.0%	39.5 min	1.7%
AA American Airlines	451	2%	84.0%	2.6 min	0.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	421	2%	55.8%	25.3 min	5.9%
OH PSA Airlines	251	1%	76.9%	1.7 min	6.8%
YX Republic Airline	228	1%	72.4%	6.5 min	7.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	197	1%	62.9%	17.2 min	7.1%
MQ Envoy Air	137	1%	75.2%	11.2 min	1.5%
AS Alaska Airlines	76	0%	85.5%	-9.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ATL–LGA	Atlanta to New York	672	72.2%	4.4 min	7.6%
ATL–MCO	Atlanta to Orlando	662	72.4%	14.9 min	0.8%
ATL–FLL	Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale	660	67.0%	14.1 min	2.3%
ATL–DCA	Atlanta to Washington	528	65.2%	13.1 min	3.0%
ATL–DFW	Atlanta to Dallas/Fort Worth	502	82.3%	0.8 min	1.0%
ATL–MIA	Atlanta to Miami	491	74.7%	11.8 min	0.4%
ATL–TPA	Atlanta to Tampa	489	79.6%	4.7 min	0.2%
ATL–EWR	Atlanta to Newark	486	73.9%	4.5 min	8.0%
ATL–ORD	Atlanta to Chicago	445	75.5%	7.0 min	0.0%
ATL–DEN	Atlanta to Denver	410	79.8%	4.9 min	0.5%
ATL–PHL	Atlanta to Philadelphia	406	71.2%	7.7 min	5.9%
ATL–IAH	Atlanta to Houston	384	85.7%	-3.1 min	0.3%

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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	49.4%	38.2%	123,197
Late-arriving aircraft	26.0%	37.2%	64,947
National Aviation System	21.8%	18.5%	54,386
Extreme weather	2.4%	6.0%	5,989
Security	0.3%	0.2%	841

249,360 delay minutes on 4,455 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 2026?

80.5% of 23,024 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 77.4% of 22,640 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 80.5% and 1.5% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.