Route
ATL → LAX
Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport Los Angeles International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 77.8%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 0.8%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 70 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 4,851
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 52%
- Late-arriving aircraft 27%
- Air traffic control & airport 16%
- Extreme weather 5%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 82.6% | 455 |
| October 2025 | 82.6% | 426 |
| November 2025 | 79.4% | 426 |
| December 2025 | 77.0% | 444 |
| January 2026 | 73.7% | 367 |
| February 2026 | 78.6% | 323 |
| March 2026 | 85.8% | 359 |
| April 2026 | 76.3% | 380 |
| May 2026 | 76.0% | 428 |
| June 2026 | 78.7% | 433 |
| July 2026 | 67.7% | 422 |
| August 2026 | 75.1% | 388 |
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data
Airlines on this route
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg. delay when late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 3,817 | 79.1% | 0.7% | 62 min |
| Frontier Airlines | 490 | 70.5% | 1.6% | 65 min |
| American Airlines | 377 | 73.0% | 0.8% | 123 min |
| NK | 167 | 78.9% | 0.6% | 94 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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DL895
12% late · 365 flights
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DL898
11% late · 365 flights
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DL501
15% late · 363 flights
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DL996
11% late · 363 flights
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DL500
26% late · 362 flights
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DL753
18% late · 334 flights
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F94315
26% late · 292 flights
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DL763
36% late · 286 flights
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DL301
33% late · 246 flights
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DL575
33% late · 241 flights
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DL827
15% late · 227 flights
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DL1219
25% late · 222 flights
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DL331
24% late · 207 flights
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AA2221
34% late · 135 flights
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F93215
36% late · 133 flights
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AA1225
21% late · 122 flights
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F94547
30% late · 65 flights
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NK310
7% late · 59 flights
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DL326
11% late · 57 flights
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AA1256
36% late · 44 flights
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DL673
3% late · 39 flights
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NK152
33% late · 33 flights
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NK1541
19% late · 31 flights
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AA2879
10% late · 30 flights
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