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Route Reliability

Buffalo → Atlanta

BUFATL · 712 miles · Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
2.4%
Cancelled
1,491
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines83%1,244 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines69%246 flights

Not enough history to rank: Southwest Airlines (1 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

BUF–ATL flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 75% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

BUF–ATL flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Wednesdays and just 73% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 69%.

Ticking up lately.

BUF–ATL flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon74%(215 flights)
  • Tue81%(203 flights)
  • Wed91%(187 flights)
  • Thu83%(227 flights)
  • Fri83%(218 flights)
  • Sat83%(172 flights)
  • Sun73%(231 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(354 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(31 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(540 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(236 flights)
  • 6–9 PM78%(292 flights)
On-time trend by month
76%
May

Jun 70% → May 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%118
July 202578%132
August 202576%131
September 202596%124
October 202588%142
November 202582%104
December 202574%100
January 202673%89
February 202680%97
March 202684%126
April 202687%143
May 202676%147

Based on 1,491 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.