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ATL → SFO

Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport San Francisco International Airport

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How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
69.9%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.7%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
62 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
3,339
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Air traffic control & airport 46%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 36%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 15%
  • Extreme weather 3%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 80.9% 277
October 2025 72.1% 306
November 2025 76.3% 287
December 2025 71.3% 269
January 2026 73.7% 217
February 2026 74.4% 220
March 2026 86.6% 282
April 2026 69.9% 283
May 2026 58.0% 285
June 2026 56.0% 304
July 2026 55.7% 317
August 2026 68.6% 292

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

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
Delta Air Lines 2,393 68.5% 0.7% 59 min
United Airlines 636 76.9% 0.5% 73 min
Frontier Airlines 310 65.6% 1.3% 66 min

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • DL823

    35% late · 349 flights

  • DL517

    35% late · 302 flights

  • DL693

    19% late · 275 flights

  • DL656

    28% late · 267 flights

  • DL545

    41% late · 234 flights

  • DL750

    30% late · 222 flights

  • UA1259

    15% late · 214 flights

  • F91949

    26% late · 203 flights

  • DL672

    32% late · 185 flights

  • DL531

    30% late · 141 flights

  • DL495

    45% late · 132 flights

  • F91447

    50% late · 107 flights

  • UA571

    20% late · 103 flights

  • DL635

    24% late · 89 flights

  • DL785

    20% late · 86 flights

  • UA285

    57% late · 76 flights

  • UA2416

    29% late · 59 flights

  • UA530

    25% late · 55 flights

  • DL498

    26% late · 36 flights

  • UA504

    14% late · 35 flights

  • DL681

    48% late · 31 flights

  • UA790

    12% late · 24 flights

  • UA236

    19% late · 21 flights

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