Delta Air Lines LAX to ATL on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Los Angeles to Atlanta · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.9%
34 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
67 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 79% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on LAX to ATL arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.9% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 79% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (57%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)57%
- Late-arriving aircraft26%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion16%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on LAX to ATL
- Frontier Airlines65% on time · 24 min avg delay
- American Airlines66% on time · 29 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines87% on time · 10 min avg delay
Full LAX to ATL comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
3,840 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 34 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.