On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Atlanta to Aspen: on-time record

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International to Aspen Pitkin County Sardy Field

68.0%arrived 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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.

In the 12 months to July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 450 flights from Atlanta (ATL) to Aspen (ASE), a distance of 1,304 miles. 68.0% of them arrived within 15 minutes of schedule.

That is 8.0 points below the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 8.6 points below the 76.6% recorded for all departures from ATL. Flights that did arrive were 15.2 min late on average, and 1.6% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

SkyWest Airlines is the only reporting carrier on the route, with 450 flights in the period.

The on-time share is up 5.9 points on the previous 12 months (62.1%); cancellations moved from 1.1% to 1.6%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, air carrier 51%, national aviation system 25% and extreme weather 23%.

68.0%arrived on timenational 76.0%
15.2 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
1.6%cancellednational 1.8%
38flights a month450 in 12 months · 1,304 miles
Every scheduled ATL to ASE flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines450100%68.0%15.2 min1.6%

Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.

Compared with the airports and the nation

MeasureATL to ASEAll departures from ATLAll arrivals at ASEAll reported flights
Arrived on time68.0%76.6%66.1%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late25.3%21.3%26.4%21.9%
Cancelled1.6%1.8%3.8%1.8%
Diverted5.1%0.3%3.7%0.3%
Average arrival delay15.2 min7.9 min17.9 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights2,1821,4992,5781,684
Scheduled flights450315,8598,0737,043,858

12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.

The return direction, ASE to ATL, recorded 71.3% on time across 450 flights in the same period.

Month by month

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Share of scheduled ATL to ASE flights that arrived on time, Aug 2023 to Jul 2026. Green columns are at or above the national figure for that month (the dark tick), amber below it, red more than eight points below.

Year on year: on time 68.0% against 62.1% (+5.9 pts), cancelled 1.6% against 1.1%, flights 450 against 451.

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of flights that arrived on time, by the hour they were scheduled to leave ATL (local time), 12 months to July 2026. Faded cells have few flights. Hover or tap a cell for counts.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNationalMinutes
Air carrier51.2%33.3%4,754
Late-arriving aircraft0.0%39.7%0
National Aviation System25.4%20.7%2,355
Extreme weather23.2%6.1%2,154
Security0.2%0.1%16
9,279 delay minutes on 114 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Seasonality

Calendar monthFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg arrival delayYears in sample
Jan18655.9%3.2%26.9 min3
Feb17048.8%2.4%30.4 min3
Mar18664.0%2.2%12.3 min3
Apr11577.4%0.9%4.8 min3
May2882.1%0.0%-0.2 min3
Jun8968.5%1.1%8.6 min3
Jul9372.0%0.0%6.5 min3
Aug6272.6%0.0%13.2 min2
Sep6083.3%0.0%2.8 min2
Oct6272.6%0.0%0.1 min2
Nov6070.0%1.7%11.5 min2
Dec11758.1%0.0%37.2 min3

Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.

Other routes from Atlanta (ATL)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ATL–LGAAtlanta to New York8,41369.6%13.8 min4.1%
ATL–MCOAtlanta to Orlando8,20869.3%17.7 min1.5%
ATL–FLLAtlanta to Fort Lauderdale7,26569.0%14.4 min2.3%
ATL–DCAAtlanta to Washington6,80067.3%15.9 min3.2%
ATL–DFWAtlanta to Dallas/Fort Worth6,68971.7%15.1 min2.6%
ATL–ORDAtlanta to Chicago6,44068.6%18.3 min2.4%
ATL–MIAAtlanta to Miami6,26870.1%15.1 min1.6%
ATL–EWRAtlanta to Newark6,26569.7%14.6 min3.5%

All 153 routes and the airport record for ATL · airport record for ASE

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Atlanta to Aspen on time?

68.0% of the 450 flights scheduled from ATL to ASE in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.

Which airline has the highest on-time share from ATL to ASE?

SkyWest Airlines is the only reporting carrier with at least 60 flights on the route in the period, so there is no comparison to make.

What causes delays between Atlanta and Aspen?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: air carrier 51%, national aviation system 25%, extreme weather 23%, security 0%, late-arriving aircraft 0%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.

What time of day has the highest on-time share from ATL?

Too few departure hours carry enough flights on this route to compare them.

Is it getting better?

The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 68.0%, up 5.9 points on the previous 12 months (62.1%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, September had the highest on-time share (83.3%) and February the lowest (48.8%).

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.