On-Time Report

Routes › Tallahassee (TLH) › TLH to ATL

Route · 12 months to July 2026

Tallahassee to Atlanta: on-time record

Tallahassee International to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International

84.7%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 2,003 flights from Tallahassee (TLH) to Atlanta (ATL), a distance of 223 miles. 84.7% of them arrived within 15 minutes of schedule.

That is 8.7 points above the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 4.3 points above the 80.4% recorded for all departures from TLH. Flights that did arrive were 0.9 min late on average, and 1.7% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

Delta Air Lines is the only reporting carrier on the route, with 1,999 flights in the period.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at TLH), flights leaving from 6 am to 7 am had the highest on-time share, 93.1%; those leaving from 1 pm to 2 pm had the lowest, 76.5%.

The on-time share is down 1.2 points on the previous 12 months (85.9%); cancellations moved from 1.8% to 1.7%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 12%.

84.7%arrived on timenational 76.0%
0.9 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
1.7%cancellednational 1.8%
167flights a month2,003 in 12 months · 223 miles
Every scheduled TLH to ATL flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines1,999100%84.8%0.8 min1.7%

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

MeasureTLH to ATLAll departures from TLHAll arrivals at ATLAll reported flights
Arrived on time84.7%80.4%80.7%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late13.5%17.2%17.1%21.9%
Cancelled1.7%2.2%1.9%1.8%
Diverted0.1%0.3%0.3%0.3%
Average arrival delay0.9 min6.6 min3.1 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights1,3481,6731,4201,684
Scheduled flights2,0034,644315,8417,043,858

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, ATL to TLH, recorded 82.1% on time across 2,003 flights in the same period.

Month by month

100%columns start at 40%
Share of scheduled TLH to ATL 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 84.7% against 85.9% (−1.2 pts), cancelled 1.7% against 1.8%, flights 2,003 against 1,653.

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 TLH (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 carrier50.1%33.3%13,068
Late-arriving aircraft35.2%39.7%9,193
National Aviation System11.8%20.7%3,088
Extreme weather2.9%6.1%749
Security0.0%0.1%0
26,098 delay minutes on 271 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
Jan37682.7%3.7%5.7 min3
Feb44288.2%0.5%-4.9 min3
Mar49282.7%1.0%2.4 min3
Apr47589.7%0.8%-6.1 min3
May48684.2%0.6%6.2 min3
Jun49184.5%1.4%-0.7 min3
Jul49873.5%3.6%14.5 min3
Aug51384.8%4.1%-2.2 min3
Sep47790.4%2.1%-6.6 min3
Oct48691.2%0.0%-3.6 min3
Nov46691.8%0.9%-8.6 min3
Dec45886.0%0.9%-0.8 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 Tallahassee (TLH)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
TLH–MIATallahassee to Miami1,19180.3%8.1 min0.4%
TLH–DFWTallahassee to Dallas/Fort Worth1,07973.5%15.8 min4.2%
TLH–DCATallahassee to Washington36578.6%5.4 min4.4%
TLH–CLTTallahassee to Charlotte40.0%209.0 min0.0%
TLH–BHMTallahassee to Birmingham1100.0%-23.0 min0.0%
TLH–GSPTallahassee to Greer1100.0%-20.0 min0.0%

All 7 routes and the airport record for TLH · airport record for ATL

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Tallahassee to Atlanta on time?

84.7% of the 2,003 flights scheduled from TLH to ATL 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 TLH to ATL?

Delta Air Lines 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 Tallahassee and Atlanta?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 35%, national aviation system 12%, extreme weather 3%, security 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 TLH?

Flights scheduled to leave TLH from 6 am to 7 am arrived on time 93.1% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 1 pm to 2 pm at 76.5%. Delays tend to build through the day as late aircraft carry over to later flights.

Is it getting better?

The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 84.7%, down 1.2 points on the previous 12 months (85.9%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, November had the highest on-time share (91.8%) and July the lowest (73.5%).

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.