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Delta Air Lines ATL to BOS on-time performance

Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Atlanta to Boston · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.8%
65 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
61 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 4
route average 74% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on ATL to BOS arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.8% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 74% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (42%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 66.6% on time, 1.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 84.4% on time, 0.3% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 71.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 69.2% on time, 0.6% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 79.9% on time, 0.6% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 76.7% on time, 2.2% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 79.0% on time, 6.9% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 79.7% on time, 6.1% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 72.3% on time, 2.3% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 76.8% on time, 0.3% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 79.4% on time, 1.2% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 79.9% on time, 0.6% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 62.2% on time, 1.7% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion42%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)38%
  • Late-arriving aircraft16%
  • Extreme weather5%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ATL to BOS

Full ATL to BOS comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →

3,693 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 65 cancelled, 1 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.