OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

New York to Atlanta

760 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on JFK–ATL arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.7%of scheduled flights

based on 4,282 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Delta Air Linesbest
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights2,450
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time65%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel3.0%
    Flights1,177
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel2.6%
    Flights655

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline34%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)32%
  • Late aircraft32%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly JFK → ATL

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 81% on time.

  • Mornings81% on time · p90 35 min · 3,658 flights
  • Middays77% on time · p90 50 min · 2,723 flights
  • Afternoons72% on time · p90 65 min · 1,984 flights
  • Evenings70% on time · p90 70 min · 1,926 flights
  • Overnights64% on time · p90 90 min · 1,329 flights

Best day of week

Wednesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 81% on time.

  • Wednesdays81% on time · p90 40 min · 1,639 flights
  • Tuesdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 1,659 flights
  • Thursdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 1,655 flights
  • Mondays75% on time · p90 55 min · 1,699 flights
  • Fridays73% on time · p90 50 min · 1,667 flights
  • Saturdays70% on time · p90 75 min · 1,607 flights
  • Sundays68% on time · p90 80 min · 1,694 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.