ATL to ROA flight delays
Atlanta, GA (ATL) Roanoke, VA (ROA) · 357 miles
1,172 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
80.7%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.79%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
75 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
15 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 9.7 points more often than Delta Air Lines 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 October it ran 43.2 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 75 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 two directions do not behave alike. ROA to ATL arrives on time 5.7 points more 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Endeavor Air arrived on time most often on ATL to ROA. Delta Air Lines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in March.
Every airline on ATL to ROA
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 | 802 | 79.51% | 2% | 72 min | C |
| Endeavor Air | 298 | 89.2% | 1.68% | 84 min | A |
| SkyWest Airlines | 72 | 59.72% | 0% | 76 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ROA to ATL Roanoke back to Atlanta 86.39% on time BOther routes from Atlanta
Common questions
Are flights from Atlanta to Roanoke usually delayed?
80.7% of flights on the ATL to ROA 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 Roanoke?
Endeavor Air, at 89.2% on time across 298 flights. The least punctual on the route was Delta Air Lines at 79.51%.
How often are ATL to ROA flights cancelled?
1.79% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 18 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Atlanta to Roanoke?
October, when 96.8% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 53.6%.
When ATL to ROA flights are late, how late are they?
About 75 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 ROA 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 →