JFK to ATL flight delays
New York, NY (JFK) Atlanta, GA (ATL) · 760 miles
342 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
80.47%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.58%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
82 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
17 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 20.8 points more often than JetBlue Airways 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 shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 82 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 — 342 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.
The New York to Atlanta route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on JFK to ATL. JetBlue Airways was late most often.
Every airline on JFK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 207 | 88.78% | 0% | 86 min | A |
| JetBlue Airways | 105 | 67.96% | 1.9% | 67 min | D |
| Frontier Airlines | 30 | 66.67% | 0% | 123 min | — |
The return leg
ATL to JFK Atlanta back to New York 76.85% on time COther routes from New York
Common questions
Are flights from New York to Atlanta usually delayed?
80.47% of flights on the JFK to ATL 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 New York to Atlanta?
Delta Air Lines, at 88.78% on time across 207 flights. The least punctual on the route was JetBlue Airways at 67.96%.
How often are JFK to ATL flights cancelled?
0.58% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 6 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When JFK to ATL flights are late, how late are they?
About 82 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 JFK to ATL during March 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 →