SRQ to ATL flight delays
Sarasota/Bradenton, FL (SRQ) Atlanta, GA (ATL) · 444 miles
4,776 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
86.79%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.85%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
85 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
12 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 2.85% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
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 85 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 season swings this route hard. In September it ran 23.4 points more punctual than in July — 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 SRQ arrives on time 7 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on SRQ to ATL. Southwest Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in July.
Every airline on SRQ 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 | 4,513 | 86.99% | 2.75% | 88 min | B |
| Southwest Airlines | 263 | 83.27% | 4.56% | 47 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Sarasota/Bradenton
Common questions
Are flights from Sarasota/Bradenton to Atlanta usually delayed?
86.79% of flights on the SRQ 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 airline is most on time from Sarasota/Bradenton to Atlanta?
Delta Air Lines, at 86.99% on time across 4,513 flights. The least punctual on the route was Southwest Airlines at 83.27%.
How often are SRQ to ATL flights cancelled?
2.85% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 29 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Sarasota/Bradenton to Atlanta?
September, when 96.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 72.9%.
When SRQ to ATL flights are late, how late are they?
About 85 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 SRQ to ATL 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 →