MEM to ATL flight delays
Memphis, TN (MEM) Atlanta, GA (ATL) · 332 miles
318 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
85.53%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.57%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
86 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
13 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
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 86 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 route does better than its own airport. Departures from MEM overall run 8.8 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion MEM has, this route is largely escaping it.
The two directions do not behave alike. ATL to MEM arrives on time 5 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.
Only Delta Air Lines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on MEM to ATL.
Every airline on MEM 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 | 305 | 86.58% | 1.64% | 86 min | B |
| Frontier Airlines | 13 | 61.54% | 0% | 84 min | — |
The return leg
ATL to MEM Atlanta back to Memphis 80.51% on time BOther routes from Memphis
Common questions
Are flights from Memphis to Atlanta usually delayed?
85.53% of flights on the MEM to ATL route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Memphis to Atlanta?
Only Delta Air Lines appears in the published record on this route, with 305 flights and 86.58% arriving on time.
How often are MEM to ATL flights cancelled?
1.57% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 16 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When MEM to ATL flights are late, how late are they?
About 86 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 MEM 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 →