OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Ontario to Atlanta

1,900 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ONT–ATL arrive on time 88% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate88%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay15 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.8%of scheduled flights

based on 941 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-time88%
    Medianon time
    p9015 min
    Cancel1.8%
    Flights941

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline62%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)9%
  • Late aircraft27%
  • Security2%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline65%
  • Weather35%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 17 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 ONT → ATL

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 86% to 91% on time.

  • Mornings91% on time · p90 5 min · 1,087 flights
  • Overnights91% on time · p90 5 min · 674 flights
  • Middays86% on time · p90 20 min · 1,103 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 88% to 91% on time.

  • Thursdays91% on time · p90 10 min · 428 flights
  • Wednesdays91% on time · p90 10 min · 396 flights
  • Tuesdays90% on time · p90 10 min · 391 flights
  • Saturdays88% on time · p90 10 min · 368 flights
  • Mondays88% on time · p90 15 min · 424 flights
  • Fridays88% on time · p90 15 min · 429 flights
  • Sundays88% on time · p90 10 min · 428 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.