Route profile
ATL→BUR
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Atlanta to Burbank, 1,941 miles.
Right now
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Route reliability
June 2024 – July 2026
Better than 7% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 771 flights. How this is calculated
ATL → BUR arrives on time 70.3% of the time; the return trip, BUR → ATL, arrives on time 76.7% of the time, a 6.3-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
ATL → BUR spends 25.0 minutes on the ground on a 1,941-mile trip: 18.2 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at ATL and 6.8 minutes from touchdown to gate at BUR.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering June 2024 – July 2026
What stands out
Reliability on this route has improved unusually sharply over the past year, a bigger swing than 95% of 5,368 comparable routes.
75.7% on time over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), against 63.9% in the 12 months before (2024-08 to 2025-07), a change of 11.8 points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · June 2024 – July 2026 · Ranked against every other route with the same kind of figure and at least 5,368 in the comparison.
When it goes wrong
June 2024 – July 2026
63 min late
against a median of 1 min late
ATL → BUR has an average that understates its risk: a typical arrival is 1 min late, but the worst tenth are 62 minutes worse than that. If the trip has something unmissable at the end of it, the median is the wrong number to plan against.
Percentiles over 771 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at BUR after arriving from ATL.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 51% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 28% | High risk |
| 60 min | 17% | High risk |
| 90 min | 10% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 7.2% | Some risk |
This is one leg of a connection. Gate changes and the next flight's own schedule matter too. And a connection can fail before delay is even the question — this route cancels 2.20% of the time and diverts 1.17% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 745 arrivals on this route that landed later than the connection time less 30 minutes to reach the next gate.
The worst tenth of arrivals on this route land at least 63 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 771 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Why ATL → BUR runs late
June 2024 – July 2026
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for ATL → BUR. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed.
Airlines on this route
Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 771 | 70.3% | 2.20% | 1 min | 10.2% |
Other ways to fly Atlanta to Los Angeles
Airport pairs in the same two city markets, as the DOT defines them.
| Route | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL→LAX Atlanta to Los Angeles | 16,302 | 77.0% | 0.85% | -4 min | 67 |
| ATL→BUR this route Atlanta to Burbank | 771 | 70.3% | 2.20% | 1 min | 43 |
ATL → LAX is the most reliable pairing for this journey at 77.0% on time, against 70.3% for ATL → BUR.
Flights on this route
Flight numbers with at least 600 operations here and still on the schedule.
| Flight | Scheduled | Operations | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| DL483 Delta Air Lines | 10:25 AM | 771 | 70.3% |
Reliability over time
June 2024 – July 2026
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 75.7% against 63.9% in the 12 months before — improving by 11.8 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 771 ATL → BUR flight records from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering June 2024 – July 2026. Late means 15 or more minutes past scheduled arrival; cancelled and diverted flights are left out of on-time rates.
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Related research: How Long a Layover Needs to Be · Two Airlines on One Route · Best Time of Day to Fly From Major US Airports
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