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IAD → ATL

Washington Dulles International Airport Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
78.0%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
2.3%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
90 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
4,003
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 39%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 35%
  • Air traffic control & airport 21%
  • Extreme weather 5%
  • 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 88.2% 315
October 2025 81.6% 334
November 2025 78.9% 322
December 2025 71.7% 321
January 2026 82.2% 281
February 2026 85.2% 262
March 2026 78.9% 305
April 2026 87.7% 354
May 2026 75.6% 405
June 2026 76.9% 381
July 2026 63.0% 366
August 2026 69.4% 357

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 2,233 79.9% 2.8% 97 min
United Airlines 1,090 79.9% 0.7% 82 min
Frontier Airlines 660 68.0% 3.2% 82 min
Republic Airways 20 78.9% 5.0% 46 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • DL1695

    28% late · 346 flights

  • F94707

    31% late · 334 flights

  • UA471

    15% late · 324 flights

  • UA2081

    32% late · 318 flights

  • DL2127

    12% late · 299 flights

  • UA2739

    11% late · 289 flights

  • DL1444

    20% late · 251 flights

  • DL1354

    18% late · 242 flights

  • DL1324

    16% late · 238 flights

  • F91081

    23% late · 185 flights

  • DL2902

    26% late · 154 flights

  • DL2135

    28% late · 145 flights

  • UA1635

    25% late · 121 flights

  • DL1482

    24% late · 110 flights

  • DL2974

    18% late · 98 flights

  • DL3080

    16% late · 97 flights

  • F93691

    47% late · 95 flights

  • DL1751

    16% late · 69 flights

  • DL1687

    21% late · 59 flights

  • F94409

    46% late · 46 flights

  • DL2751

    36% late · 41 flights

  • DL1309

    12% late · 25 flights

  • DL2010

    4% late · 24 flights

  • UA2660

    29% late · 21 flights

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