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SFO → ATL

San Francisco International Airport Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport

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How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
80.2%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.9%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
74 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
3,337
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 47%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 39%
  • Air traffic control & airport 13%
  • Extreme weather 1%
  • 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 85.9% 277
October 2025 87.5% 303
November 2025 82.6% 286
December 2025 80.7% 271
January 2026 86.4% 217
February 2026 89.0% 219
March 2026 86.3% 281
April 2026 78.4% 284
May 2026 73.2% 285
June 2026 77.5% 304
July 2026 62.9% 318
August 2026 77.9% 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 2,390 81.1% 0.7% 76 min
United Airlines 636 85.9% 0.2% 59 min
Frontier Airlines 311 61.2% 3.5% 76 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • DL570

    9% late · 365 flights

  • DL640

    10% late · 364 flights

  • F91448

    39% late · 311 flights

  • DL531

    26% late · 235 flights

  • UA702

    15% late · 226 flights

  • DL690

    29% late · 204 flights

  • DL495

    31% late · 185 flights

  • UA1603

    14% late · 165 flights

  • DL693

    20% late · 152 flights

  • DL635

    18% late · 146 flights

  • DL785

    9% late · 136 flights

  • DL715

    21% late · 113 flights

  • UA2620

    19% late · 95 flights

  • DL678

    24% late · 75 flights

  • DL709

    12% late · 74 flights

  • DL724

    36% late · 67 flights

  • DL315

    27% late · 65 flights

  • DL1382

    10% late · 58 flights

  • DL517

    23% late · 58 flights

  • UA717

    6% late · 35 flights

  • UA783

    0% late · 30 flights

  • DL365

    21% late · 24 flights

  • UA1986

    12% late · 24 flights

  • UA2655

    20% late · 21 flights

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