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Route Reliability

New York → Atlanta

JFK–ATL · 760 miles · John F. Kennedy International Airport to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport

73
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
4,292
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 Lines82%2,461 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines71%767 flights
  3. 3.JetBlue Airways69%1,064 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

JFK–ATL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 67% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

JFK–ATL flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 69%.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 69%.

Trending in the right direction.

JFK–ATL flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% 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%(602 flights)
  • Tue76%(603 flights)
  • Wed83%(598 flights)
  • Thu78%(610 flights)
  • Fri79%(602 flights)
  • Sat76%(542 flights)
  • Sun69%(614 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM80%(10 flights)
  • 6–9 AM82%(1254 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(486 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(882 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(885 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(380 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM69%(274 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 72% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%347
July 202571%356
August 202579%370
September 202585%387
October 202576%399
November 202574%383
December 202564%380
January 202671%331
February 202682%284
March 202679%302
April 202684%314
May 202683%318

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 4,292 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.