Flights Atlanta → Jacksonville
ATL → JAX
Route overview
The flight route from Atlanta to Jacksonville operates with a high frequency of 973 flights and has an on-time performance rate of 78%, with an average delay of 12.4 minutes per flight. The aircraft used for this route include Boeing 757, Boeing 737-900, McDonnell Douglas MD-90, Boeing 737-800, and Boeing 717, serving a destination airport that handles over six million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Atlanta (ATL) → Jacksonville (JAX) route is operated by Air France, Alaska Airlines, ITA Airways, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1340 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.34%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Jacksonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Atlanta the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Jacksonville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Atlanta (ATL) to Jacksonville (JAX) heads south-east for about 435 km, a flight time of roughly 58m.
Departures from Atlanta on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 44% of ATL-JAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Atlanta the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Jacksonville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,340 tracked ATL-JAX flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 1.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL) | 84% | 20 min | 0.0% |
| Air France (AF) | 82% | 18 min | 3.3% |
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
| ITA Airways (AZ) | 59% | 35 min | 4.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about ATL-JAX
On the Atlanta (ATL) -> Jacksonville (JAX) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 1340 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Atlanta-Jacksonville is 1.34% across 1340 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 6 airlines: Air France, Alaska Airlines, ITA Airways, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
