Delta Air Lines JFK to ATL on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from New York to Atlanta · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
82%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.7%
42 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
89 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 3
route average 76% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on JFK to ATL arrived on time 82% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.7% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (44%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)44%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion32%
- Late-arriving aircraft21%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
Other airlines on JFK to ATL
- JetBlue68% on time · 25 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines69% on time · 26 min avg delay
Full JFK to ATL comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
2,453 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 42 cancelled, 13 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.