Flights Gainesville → Atlanta
GNV → ATL
Route overview
The flight route from Gainesville to Atlanta operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 85%. Over the course of the year, it has recorded a mean delay time of 11.8 minutes per flight across a total of 431 flights, using aircraft such as Canadair Regional Jet 900s, Canadair Regional Jet 700s, and Boeing 717s to serve one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic, with Atlanta's airport welcoming over 108 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 Gainesville (GNV) → Atlanta (ATL) route is operated by Air France, ITA Airways, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Across 567 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.12%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Atlanta the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Gainesville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Atlanta: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Gainesville (GNV) to Atlanta (ATL) heads north-west for about 484 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 1m.
Departures from Gainesville on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 42% of GNV-ATL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Gainesville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Atlanta it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 567 tracked GNV-ATL flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 2.1% 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 GNV-ATL
On the Gainesville (GNV) -> Atlanta (ATL) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 567 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Gainesville-Atlanta is 2.12% across 567 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.
