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Route Reliability

Phoenix → Atlanta

PHXATL · 1,587 miles · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
3,790
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 Lines87%2,311 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines80%660 flights
  3. 3.American Airlines76%614 flights
  4. 4.Frontier Airlines73%205 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHX–ATL flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 58% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 86% on time on Wednesdays against 80% on Sundays.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 87% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 73%.

Slipping a little lately.

PHX–ATL flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% 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
  • Mon84%(574 flights)
  • Tue83%(493 flights)
  • Wed86%(507 flights)
  • Thu83%(546 flights)
  • Fri83%(558 flights)
  • Sat81%(499 flights)
  • Sun80%(571 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM(2 flights)
  • 3–6 AM94%(49 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(1073 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(719 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(643 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(546 flights)
  • 6–9 PM58%(12 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM82%(704 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 76% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%307
July 202584%315
August 202588%299
September 202586%292
October 202587%320
November 202579%316
December 202582%329
January 202687%277
February 202688%257
March 202678%341
April 202687%357
May 202677%338

Based on 3,790 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.