ATL to TRI flight delays
Atlanta, GA (ATL) Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN (TRI) · 227 miles
544 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
81.01%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.92%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
89 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
18 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Delta Air Lines arrived on time 14.1 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 25.3 points more punctual than in February — 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 89 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.
This is a thin route — 544 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on ATL to TRI. SkyWest Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in January.
Every airline on ATL to TRI
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 | 392 | 84.97% | 1.28% | 76 min | B |
| SkyWest Airlines | 152 | 70.86% | 0% | 107 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Atlanta
Common questions
Are flights from Atlanta to Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport usually delayed?
81.01% of flights on the ATL to TRI 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 Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport?
Delta Air Lines, at 84.97% on time across 392 flights. The least punctual on the route was SkyWest Airlines at 70.86%.
How often are ATL to TRI flights cancelled?
0.92% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 9 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Atlanta to Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport?
November, when 88.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was February at 63%.
When ATL to TRI flights are late, how late are they?
About 89 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 TRI 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 →