Delta Air Lines DCA to ATL on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Washington to Atlanta · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.6%
99 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
84 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 6
route average 78% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on DCA to ATL arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.6% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (41%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft41%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)35%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DCA to ATL
- Southwest Airlines79% on time · 14 min avg delay
- PSA Airlines67% on time · 28 min avg delay
- Republic Airways80% on time · 12 min avg delay
- Envoy Air82% on time · 13 min avg delay
- American Airlines74% on time · 21 min avg delay
Full DCA to ATL comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
3,842 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 99 cancelled, 11 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.