Atlanta (ATL) – New York (JFK)
- Distance
- 1,223 km
- 760 mi · 660 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 15 min / 2 h 31 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → JFK / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 154 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (91 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,253,545
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +4.7%
- Flights / week
- 161
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 1,547,224 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- DL, B6, F9
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
- 47°
- Heading from JFK
- 234°
- Halfway point
- 37.26, -79.35
- Great-circle km
- 1,222 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → JFK
- 1 h 46 min
- In the air JFK → ATL
- 1 h 52 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 115,381 |
| Sep 2025 | 113,544 |
| Oct 2025 | 119,909 |
| Nov 2025 | 112,105 |
| Dec 2025 | 120,940 |
| Jan 2026 | 92,263 |
| Feb 2026 | 82,243 |
| Mar 2026 | 93,660 |
| Apr 2026 | 91,138 |
| May 2026 | 99,558 |
| Jun 2026 | 107,929 |
| Jul 2026 | 104,875 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 750 |
| Sep 2025 | 781 |
| Oct 2025 | 800 |
| Nov 2025 | 768 |
| Dec 2025 | 762 |
| Jan 2026 | 666 |
| Feb 2026 | 582 |
| Mar 2026 | 617 |
| Apr 2026 | 629 |
| May 2026 | 645 |
| Jun 2026 | 690 |
| Jul 2026 | 664 |
Airlines flying ATL–JFK nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 94 | 60% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 40 | 21% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 27 | 19% |
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 737-900ER · 1,993 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 1,529 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 1,236 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 945 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 840 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 405 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 363 flights
- Boeing 767-300/300ER · 361 flights
Also carried: 5,451 tonnes of freight and 346 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 75.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 20 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.6%
- Flights counted
- 8,490
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 80.8% | 16 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 69.1% | 26 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 69% | 26 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 37% · aircraft arriving late 33% · air traffic system 27% · weather 3% · 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
- $168
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $181
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 49% of passengers · $208
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 25% of passengers · $111
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $193 · Q3 2025 $178 · Q4 2025 $183 · Q1 2026 $168).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $171, likely $152–$195
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.2%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q1, typically 6% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,222 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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|---|---|---|
| JFK → LAX | 3,983 km | 3,020,062 |
| JFK → LHR | 5,555 km | 2,984,474 |
| JFK → SFO | 4,162 km | 1,910,892 |
| JFK → CDG | 5,850 km | 1,852,909 |
| JFK → MCO | 1,519 km | 1,430,021 |
| JFK → MIA | 1,753 km | 1,326,964 |
| JFK → SJU | 2,571 km | 1,142,506 |
| JFK → FCO | 6,884 km | 1,141,515 |
| JFK → LAS | 3,618 km | 1,102,051 |
| JFK → FLL | 1,720 km | 1,077,715 |