Southwest Airlines RDU to ATL on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Raleigh/Durham to Atlanta · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
91%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.9%
2 flights
Avg arrival delay
7 min
70 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 3
route average 87% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on RDU to ATL arrived on time 91% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.9% were cancelled, and 3% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 87% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (44%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft44%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion34%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)22%
- Extreme weather0%
- Security0%
Other airlines on RDU to ATL
- Delta Air Lines89% on time · 10 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines75% on time · 28 min avg delay
Full RDU to ATL comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
216 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 2 cancelled, 0 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.