Atlanta (ATL) – Birmingham (BHM)
- Distance
- 216 km
- 134 mi · 116 nm
- Flight time
- 49 min / 59 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → BHM / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 49 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (29 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 762,752
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −5.3%
- Flights / week
- 129
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 82%
- 934,206 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- DL, WN, 9E
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
The way there
- Heading from ATL
- 268°
- Heading from BHM
- 87°
- Halfway point
- 33.61, -85.59
- Great-circle km
- 215 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → BHM
- 29 min
- In the air BHM → ATL
- 34 min
- Clocks
- Birmingham is 1 h behind Atlanta
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 64,388 |
| Sep 2025 | 67,396 |
| Oct 2025 | 75,038 |
| Nov 2025 | 60,016 |
| Dec 2025 | 59,990 |
| Jan 2026 | 52,709 |
| Feb 2026 | 54,422 |
| Mar 2026 | 62,884 |
| Apr 2026 | 59,365 |
| May 2026 | 67,169 |
| Jun 2026 | 67,459 |
| Jul 2026 | 71,916 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 513 |
| Sep 2025 | 521 |
| Oct 2025 | 581 |
| Nov 2025 | 521 |
| Dec 2025 | 548 |
| Jan 2026 | 473 |
| Feb 2026 | 462 |
| Mar 2026 | 575 |
| Apr 2026 | 589 |
| May 2026 | 626 |
| Jun 2026 | 616 |
| Jul 2026 | 667 |
Airlines flying ATL–BHM nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 128 | 100% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 0.3 | 0% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 0.5 | 0% |
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
- Boeing 717-200 · 3,547 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 2,613 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 381 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 40 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 39 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 25 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 13 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 10 flights
Also carried: 177 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 85.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 11 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.8%
- Flights counted
- 6,668
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 48% · aircraft arriving late 31% · air traffic system 16% · weather 4% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $315
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $297
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 100% of passengers · $314
- Lowest-fare airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 100% of passengers · $314
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $308 · Q3 2025 $288 · Q4 2025 $278 · Q1 2026 $315).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 215 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
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.
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