Flights MONTGOMERY → Atlanta
MGM → ATL
Route overview
This flight route connects Montgomery with Atlanta, featuring a relatively high on-time performance rate of 79%. With an average delay of 12.9 minutes and a total of 431 flights recorded, the route is well-utilized, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at its destination.
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 MONTGOMERY (MGM) → Atlanta (ATL) route is operated by Air France, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Across 537 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.56%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.8/100 (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 MONTGOMERY the average ATFM delay is 2.5 minutes.
Heading to Atlanta: what to expect in this direction
Flying from MONTGOMERY (MGM) to Atlanta (ATL) heads north-east for about 236 km, a flight time of roughly 43m.
Departures from MONTGOMERY on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 43% of MGM-ATL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing MONTGOMERY the average ATFM delay is 2.5 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Atlanta it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 537 tracked MGM-ATL flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 0.6% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about MGM-ATL
On the MONTGOMERY (MGM) -> Atlanta (ATL) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 537 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on MONTGOMERY-Atlanta is 0.56% across 537 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: Air France, 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.
