Delta Air Lines EWR to ATL on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Newark to Atlanta · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.8%
115 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
92 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 5
route average 78% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on EWR to ATL arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 3.8% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (36%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)36%
- Late-arriving aircraft34%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
- Extreme weather9%
- Security0%
Other airlines on EWR to ATL
- United Airlines77% on time · 19 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines71% on time · 24 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines71% on time · 25 min avg delay
- Republic Airways87% on time · 6 min avg delay
Full EWR to ATL comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
3,045 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 115 cancelled, 14 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.