ATL to ANC flight delays
Atlanta, GA (ATL) Anchorage, AK (ANC) · 3,417 miles
157 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
65.58%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.27%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
52 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
20 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. ANC to ATL arrives on time 18.8 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
This route does worse than its own airport. ATL as a whole runs 13.2 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
This is a late route. Flights from Atlanta to Anchorage miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
Only Delta Air Lines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on ATL to ANC. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in March.
Every airline on ATL to ANC
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 157 | 65.58% | 1.27% | 52 min | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ANC to ATL Anchorage back to Atlanta 46.75% on time FOther routes from Atlanta
Common questions
Are flights from Atlanta to Anchorage usually delayed?
65.58% of flights on the ATL to ANC route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Atlanta to Anchorage?
Only Delta Air Lines appears in the published record on this route, with 157 flights and 65.58% arriving on time.
How often are ATL to ANC flights cancelled?
1.27% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 13 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When ATL to ANC flights are late, how late are they?
About 52 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on ATL to ANC during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →