FAR to ATL flight delays
Fargo, ND (FAR) Atlanta, GA (ATL) · 1,123 miles
177 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
77.06%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.95%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
90 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
22 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The cancellation rate for the period is 3.95%, but almost all of it belongs to one month: January 2026, when 18.52% of flights on this route did not operate. Outside that month the route cancelled at around 1.33%. Whatever happened in January was an event, not the normal state of this route.
The season swings this route hard. In June it ran 30.6 points more punctual than in January — 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 two directions do not behave alike. ATL to FAR arrives on time 19.8 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.
The route has been getting better. The later months in the record run 13.9 points more punctual than the earlier ones, which usually means a schedule that was too tight has been given more room.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on FAR to ATL. Flights ran closest to schedule in June and worst in January.
Every airline on FAR to ATL
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 | 176 | 77.51% | 3.98% | 92 min | D |
| Delta Air Lines | 1 | 0% | 0% | 16 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ATL to FAR Atlanta back to Fargo 57.23% on time FCommon questions
Are flights from Fargo to Atlanta usually delayed?
77.06% of flights on the FAR to ATL route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Fargo to Atlanta?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 176 flights and 77.51% arriving on time.
How often are FAR to ATL flights cancelled?
3.95% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 40 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Fargo to Atlanta?
June, when 89.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was January at 59.1%.
When FAR to ATL flights are late, how late are they?
About 90 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 FAR to ATL 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 →