Delta Air Lines LGA to ATL on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from New York to Atlanta · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.3%
162 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
73 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 6
route average 76% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on LGA to ATL arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 3.3% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (35%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft35%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)33%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion32%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on LGA to ATL
- Republic Airways77% on time · 16 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines56% on time · 47 min avg delay
- Southwest Airlines75% on time · 19 min avg delay
- American Airlines100% on time · 4 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines100% on time · 2 min avg delay
Full LGA to ATL comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
4,932 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 162 cancelled, 9 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.