Flights Atlanta → New York
ATL → JFK
Route overview
The flight route from Atlanta to New York has a 75% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 15.9 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 929 flights on this route using various aircraft models including Airbus A319, Boeing 757-200, McDonnell Douglas MD-88, and Boeing 737-800, serving a destination airport that opened in 1948 and currently handles over 62 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) → New York (JFK) route is operated by Air France, ITA Airways, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Across 1171 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.31%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At New York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Atlanta the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to New York: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Atlanta (ATL) to New York (JFK) heads north-east for about 1,222 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 57m.
Departures from Atlanta on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 36% of ATL-JFK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Atlanta the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New York it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,171 tracked ATL-JFK flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 2.3% 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% |
| ITA Airways (AZ) | 59% | 35 min | 4.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about ATL-JFK
On the Atlanta (ATL) -> New York (JFK) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 1171 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Atlanta-New York is 2.31% across 1171 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 4 airlines: Air France, ITA Airways, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch 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.
