Delta Air Lines ATL to RDU on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Atlanta to Raleigh/Durham · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
83%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.3%
50 flights
Avg arrival delay
11 min
58 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 3
route average 80% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on ATL to RDU arrived on time 83% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.3% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 80% 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%
- Late-arriving aircraft31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion17%
- Extreme weather9%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ATL to RDU
- Frontier Airlines59% on time · 30 min avg delay
- Southwest Airlines87% on time · 8 min avg delay
Full ATL to RDU comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
3,801 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 50 cancelled, 5 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.