OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Atlanta to Chattanooga

106 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ATL–CHA arrive on time 78% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.5%of scheduled flights

based on 1,330 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-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel2.5%
    Flights1,330

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline43%
  • Weather7%
  • Air traffic (NAS)12%
  • Late aircraft37%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline58%
  • Weather42%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 33 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 → CHA

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 78% to 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 763 flights
  • Middays87% on time · p90 20 min · 1,475 flights
  • Afternoons80% on time · p90 40 min · 1,081 flights
  • Evenings79% on time · p90 45 min · 804 flights
  • Overnights78% on time · p90 55 min · 1,524 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 86% on time.

  • Wednesdays86% on time · p90 25 min · 785 flights
  • Thursdays84% on time · p90 35 min · 833 flights
  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 35 min · 798 flights
  • Saturdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 738 flights
  • Mondays83% on time · p90 35 min · 840 flights
  • Fridays79% on time · p90 45 min · 823 flights
  • Sundays76% on time · p90 45 min · 830 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.