Southwest Airlines ATL to RDU on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Atlanta to Raleigh/Durham · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
87%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.4%
3 flights
Avg arrival delay
8 min
57 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 3
route average 80% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on ATL to RDU arrived on time 87% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.4% were cancelled, and 4% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 80% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (42%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft42%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)41%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion14%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ATL to RDU
- Delta Air Lines83% on time · 11 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines59% on time · 30 min avg delay
Full ATL to RDU comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
216 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 3 cancelled, 0 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.