OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Atlanta to Albany

852 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ATL–ALB arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.1%of scheduled flights

based on 1,046 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel2.1%
    Flights1,046

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline57%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)16%
  • Late aircraft23%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline59%
  • Weather41%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 22 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly ATL → ALB

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 73% to 81% on time.

  • Mornings81% on time · p90 30 min · 804 flights
  • Middays80% on time · p90 30 min · 292 flights
  • Afternoons73% on time · p90 45 min · 887 flights
  • Overnights73% on time · p90 50 min · 1,081 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 69% to 81% on time.

  • Saturdays81% on time · p90 40 min · 376 flights
  • Wednesdays80% on time · p90 30 min · 446 flights
  • Thursdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 453 flights
  • Tuesdays77% on time · p90 35 min · 447 flights
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 45 min · 453 flights
  • Mondays73% on time · p90 45 min · 455 flights
  • Sundays69% on time · p90 65 min · 449 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.