Route profile
BUR→ATL
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Burbank to Atlanta, 1,941 miles.
Right now
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Route reliability
June 2024 – July 2026
Better than 13% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 771 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
BUR → ATL arrives on time 76.7% of the time; the return trip, ATL → BUR, arrives on time 70.3% of the time, a 6.3-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
BUR → ATL spends 30.4 minutes on the ground on a 1,941-mile trip: 20.7 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at BUR and 9.7 minutes from touchdown to gate at ATL.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering June 2024 – July 2026
What stands out
This route has stayed remarkably steady year over year, a smaller swing than 93% of 5,368 comparable routes.
76.1% on time over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), against 76.5% in the 12 months before (2024-08 to 2025-07), virtually unchanged.
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.
What sets this route apart
Where BUR to ATL differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, June 2024 – July 2026.
BUR to ATL struggles most at 12 PM: 66.5% of its flights scheduled then arrive on time, 10.8 points behind the 77.3% on routes of similar length at the same hour. Against all other routes the gap is 12.9 points.
Delta Air Lines’ flights on BUR to ATL arrive on time 76.7% of the time, 5 points below the 81.7% it manages on its routes of similar length. Against all other routes the gap is 4.8 points.
BUR to ATL against comparable routes
June 2024 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 12 PM departures | 66.5% | routes of similar length | 77.3% | −10.8 pts | 233 here, 55,691 there |
| Airline: Delta Air Lines | 76.7% | routes of similar length | 81.7% | −5.0 pts | 741 here, 296,127 there |
Each comparison pools the flights of other routes, with this route’s own left out. Similar length means within 15% of this route’s 1,941 miles, with at least 5 such routes. A bucket is set against the most comparable group that has enough flights: similar length, then the same origin (at least 3 routes), then all other routes. Hours, weekdays and months appear only where both sides have 120 completed flights, and airlines where both have 600. The gap must be at least 2 points and 2 standard errors, and only the largest gap each way is kept per measure. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
When it goes wrong
June 2024 – July 2026
61 min late
against a median of 7 min early
BUR → ATL has an average that understates its risk: a typical arrival is 7 min early, but the worst tenth are 68 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 ATL after arriving from BUR.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 39% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 22% | High risk |
| 60 min | 16% | High risk |
| 90 min | 10% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 7.3% | 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 2.59% of the time and diverts 1.30% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 741 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 61 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 771 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Why BUR → ATL runs late
June 2024 – July 2026
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for BUR → ATL. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on BUR → ATL, at 42.0%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late.
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 | 76.7% | 2.59% | -7 min | 10.1% |
Other ways to fly Los Angeles to Atlanta
Airport pairs in the same two city markets, as the DOT defines them.
| Route | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAX→ATL Los Angeles to Atlanta | 16,272 | 78.7% | 0.84% | -5 min | 68 |
| BUR→ATL this route Burbank to Atlanta | 771 | 76.7% | 2.59% | -7 min | 49 |
LAX → ATL is the most reliable pairing for this journey at 78.7% on time, against 76.7% for BUR → ATL.
Flying to ATL from the Los Angeles area? Compare BUR, LAX, SNA, ONT for ATL, with the same test for what counts as a real difference.
Reliability over time
June 2024 – July 2026
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 76.1% against 76.5% in the 12 months before — broadly unchanged.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 771 BUR → ATL 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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