OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Jackson to Atlanta

341 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on JAN–ATL arrive on time 86% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate86%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.7%of scheduled flights

based on 2,005 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-time86%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel1.7%
    Flights2,005

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline50%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)9%
  • Late aircraft37%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline62%
  • Weather38%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 34 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 JAN → 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 — 91% on time.

  • Mornings91% on time · p90 5 min · 3,142 flights
  • Middays88% on time · p90 15 min · 1,492 flights
  • Afternoons86% on time · p90 25 min · 1,377 flights
  • Evenings78% on time · p90 50 min · 1,592 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 81% to 90% on time.

  • Wednesdays90% on time · p90 10 min · 1,058 flights
  • Thursdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 1,150 flights
  • Tuesdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 1,058 flights
  • Mondays87% on time · p90 20 min · 1,159 flights
  • Saturdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 881 flights
  • Fridays86% on time · p90 25 min · 1,151 flights
  • Sundays81% on time · p90 35 min · 1,146 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.