Delta Air Lines SFO to ATL on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from San Francisco to Atlanta · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
82%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.7%
17 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
69 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 3
route average 80% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on SFO to ATL arrived on time 82% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.7% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 80% 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%
- Late-arriving aircraft42%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on SFO to ATL
- United Airlines85% on time · 9 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines60% on time · 31 min avg delay
Full SFO to ATL comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
2,406 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 17 cancelled, 6 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.