Flights St. Louis → Atlanta
STL → ATL
Route overview
The flight route from St. Louis to Atlanta operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 83%. Over the course of a year, it sees approximately 836 flights using various aircraft models such as the McDonnell Douglas MD-90, Boeing 717, McDonnell Douglas MD-88, and Airbus A319, with each flight typically experiencing an average delay of just over ten minutes.
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 St. Louis (STL) → Atlanta (ATL) route is operated by Air France, ITA Airways, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1100 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.82%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.7/100 (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 St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Atlanta: what to expect in this direction
Flying from St. Louis (STL) to Atlanta (ATL) heads south-east for about 779 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 24m.
Departures from St. Louis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of STL-ATL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Atlanta it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,100 tracked STL-ATL flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 1.8% 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 STL-ATL
On the St. Louis (STL) -> Atlanta (ATL) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 1100 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on St. Louis-Atlanta is 1.82% across 1100 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.
