Amsterdam (AMS) – Atlanta (ATL)

Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
7,082 km
4,401 mi · 3,824 nm
Flight time
9 h 29 min / 8 h 25 min
Average gate to gate: AMS → ATL / back
Time difference
6 h
CO2 per passenger
827 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (489 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
780,102
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −0.3%
Flights / week
55
Both directions, average
Seats filled
90%
870,953 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
2
DL, KL

Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from AMS to ATLAMSATL
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from AMS
292°
Heading from ATL
43°
Halfway point
52.33, -48.39
Great-circle km
7,066 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air AMS → ATL
8 h 58 min
In the air ATL → AMS
7 h 51 min
Clocks
Atlanta is 6 h behind Amsterdam

The estimate for a route without real times is 9 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: August 2025: 69,261 passengers
050K100KAug69.3KSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul
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Month Passengers
Aug 202569,261
Sep 202563,594
Oct 202568,888
Nov 202563,955
Dec 202568,772
Jan 202657,862
Feb 202653,975
Mar 202665,488
Apr 202665,779
May 202666,630
Jun 202666,991
Jul 202668,907
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: December 2025: 248 flights
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Month Flights
Aug 2025244
Sep 2025231
Oct 2025245
Nov 2025240
Dec 2025248
Jan 2026227
Feb 2026218
Mar 2026247
Apr 2026238
May 2026247
Jun 2026237
Jul 2026248

Airlines flying AMS–ATL nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
DLDelta Air Lines36
61%
KLKlm Royal Dutch Airlines20
39%

Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources

Aircraft on this route

  • Airbus Industrie A330-300/333 · 1,029 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A330-900 · 552 flights
  • Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner · 510 flights
  • Boeing 777-300/300ER/333ER · 392 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A350-900 · 269 flights
  • Boeing 777-200ER/200LR/233LR · 80 flights
  • B787-900 Dreamliner · 36 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A330-200 · 1 flight

Also carried: 23,626 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Eurostat also has this route: 777,968 passengers in 2024, 2,834 flights (reported by the airport in Netherlands).

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 7,066 km.

AMS Amsterdam → ATL Atlanta

EU261€600 for arriving 3 hours or more late (€300 if 3–4 hours).

Covers any airline.

ATL Atlanta → AMS Amsterdam

EU261€600 for arriving 3 hours or more late (€300 if 3–4 hours).

Covers EU, EEA or Swiss airlines only.

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

Every airport pair between Amsterdam and Atlanta

ATLPDK
AMS7,0827,055

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Atlanta airports

More routes from AMS

Route Distance Passengers / year
AMS → BCN1,241 km 1,559,616
AMS → LHR371 km 1,460,366
AMS → DUB752 km 1,297,434
AMS → MAD1,459 km 1,228,527
AMS → CPH635 km 1,159,300
AMS → CDG399 km 1,125,321
AMS → MAN488 km 1,083,040
AMS → LIS1,847 km 1,044,889
AMS → DXB5,175 km 991,087
AMS → AGP1,883 km 912,397

More routes from ATL

Route Distance Passengers / year
ATL → MCO650 km 2,697,788
ATL → FLL934 km 2,312,293
ATL → LGA1,226 km 2,179,981
ATL → TPA653 km 1,981,868
ATL → DFW1,177 km 1,929,257
ATL → MIA957 km 1,901,419
ATL → LAX3,133 km 1,783,358
ATL → EWR1,200 km 1,749,835
ATL → DEN1,930 km 1,697,204
ATL → LAS2,811 km 1,626,779

Questions

Amsterdam (AMS) and Atlanta (ATL) are 7,082 km (4,401 miles, 3,824 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.