Delta Air Lines ATL to JFK on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Atlanta to New York · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.6%
39 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
74 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 3
route average 75% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on ATL to JFK arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.6% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (43%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)43%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion37%
- Late-arriving aircraft13%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ATL to JFK
- JetBlue70% on time · 28 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines69% on time · 26 min avg delay
Full ATL to JFK comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
2,446 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 39 cancelled, 7 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.