OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Chattanooga to Atlanta

106 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on CHA–ATL arrive on time 83% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate83%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 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-time83%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel2.5%
    Flights1,330

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline41%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Late aircraft44%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

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 CHA → 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 — 90% on time.

  • Mornings90% on time · p90 10 min · 2,005 flights
  • Middays87% on time · p90 20 min · 1,574 flights
  • Afternoons81% on time · p90 40 min · 1,067 flights
  • Evenings80% on time · p90 45 min · 873 flights
  • Overnights69% on time · p90 90 min · 127 flights · limited

Best day of week

Wednesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 90% on time.

  • Wednesdays90% on time · p90 10 min · 782 flights
  • Thursdays86% on time · p90 30 min · 822 flights
  • Mondays86% on time · p90 20 min · 841 flights
  • Fridays86% on time · p90 25 min · 830 flights
  • Tuesdays86% on time · p90 25 min · 811 flights
  • Saturdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 738 flights
  • Sundays80% on time · p90 40 min · 822 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.