Flights Atlanta → St. Louis
ATL → STL
Route overview
The flight route from Atlanta to St. Louis operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving on-time performance for 79% of its total flights. With an average delay time of 9.1 minutes and over eight thousand flights annually, this route serves the busy destination airport that accommodates nearly 13.67 million passengers per year. Various aircraft types, including the McDonnell Douglas MD-90, Boeing 717, Boeing 757, Airbus A319, McDonnell Douglas MD-88, and Boeing 737-300, are used to maintain reliable service on this route.
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) → St. Louis (STL) route is operated by Air France, ITA Airways, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1092 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.74%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Atlanta the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to St. Louis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Atlanta (ATL) to St. Louis (STL) heads north-west for about 779 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 24m.
Departures from Atlanta on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 35% of ATL-STL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Atlanta the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into St. Louis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,092 tracked ATL-STL flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 1.7% 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% |
| ITA Airways (AZ) | 59% | 35 min | 4.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about ATL-STL
On the Atlanta (ATL) -> St. Louis (STL) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 1092 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Atlanta-St. Louis is 1.74% across 1092 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 5 airlines: Air France, 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.
