ATL to FAY flight delays
Atlanta, GA (ATL) Fayetteville, NC (FAY) · 330 miles
706 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
80.23%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.42%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
78 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
16 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Endeavor Air arrived on time 12.7 points more often than SkyWest Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In November it ran 37 points more punctual than in June — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 78 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 10.3 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Endeavor Air arrived on time most often on ATL to FAY. SkyWest Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in May.
Every airline on ATL to FAY
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 256 | 74.8% | 1.95% | 80 min | D |
| Endeavor Air | 231 | 87.45% | 0% | 89 min | A |
| Delta Air Lines | 219 | 78.77% | 2.28% | 69 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
FAY to ATL Fayetteville back to Atlanta 80.17% on time COther routes from Atlanta
Common questions
Are flights from Atlanta to Fayetteville usually delayed?
80.23% of flights on the ATL to FAY route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Atlanta to Fayetteville?
Endeavor Air, at 87.45% on time across 231 flights. The least punctual on the route was SkyWest Airlines at 74.8%.
How often are ATL to FAY flights cancelled?
1.42% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 14 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Atlanta to Fayetteville?
November, when 92.6% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 55.6%.
When ATL to FAY flights are late, how late are they?
About 78 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 FAY during July 2024 – July 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 →