OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Buffalo to Atlanta

712 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BUF–ATL arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.1%of scheduled flights

based on 1,305 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights1,244
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights61

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline30%
  • Weather8%
  • Air traffic (NAS)16%
  • Late aircraft46%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline68%
  • Weather32%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 28 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 BUF → ATL

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

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 83% on time.

  • Mornings83% on time · p90 25 min · 1,125 flights
  • Middays79% on time · p90 35 min · 1,262 flights
  • Afternoons75% on time · p90 55 min · 568 flights
  • Evenings72% on time · p90 55 min · 1,128 flights

Best day of week

Wednesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 84% on time.

  • Wednesdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 541 flights
  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 641 flights
  • Tuesdays79% on time · p90 45 min · 561 flights
  • Saturdays76% on time · p90 40 min · 534 flights
  • Fridays76% on time · p90 50 min · 617 flights
  • Mondays75% on time · p90 40 min · 612 flights
  • Sundays73% on time · p90 55 min · 636 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.