Atlanta (ATL) – New York (LGA)
- Distance
- 1,226 km
- 762 mi · 662 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 12 min / 2 h 29 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → LGA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 154 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (91 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 2,179,981
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −4.2%
- Flights / week
- 310
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 82%
- 2,670,253 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- DL, F9, YX
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 LGA
- 233°
- Halfway point
- 37.33, -79.40
- Great-circle km
- 1,225 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → LGA
- 1 h 44 min
- In the air LGA → ATL
- 1 h 54 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.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 190,181 |
| Sep 2025 | 189,455 |
| Oct 2025 | 206,395 |
| Nov 2025 | 189,868 |
| Dec 2025 | 201,617 |
| Jan 2026 | 158,115 |
| Feb 2026 | 146,285 |
| Mar 2026 | 169,420 |
| Apr 2026 | 168,601 |
| May 2026 | 191,616 |
| Jun 2026 | 187,182 |
| Jul 2026 | 181,246 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 1,193 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,489 |
| Oct 2025 | 1,566 |
| Nov 2025 | 1,479 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,412 |
| Jan 2026 | 1,382 |
| Feb 2026 | 1,249 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,251 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,272 |
| May 2026 | 1,330 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,261 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,214 |
Airlines flying ATL–LGA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 183 | 68% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 33 | 14% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 63 | 9% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 30 | 9% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 0.2 | 0% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 0.2 | 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
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 9,472 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 3,267 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 1,046 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 696 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 529 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 452 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 446 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 153 flights
Also carried: 190 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 20 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 4.1%
- Flights counted
- 16,824
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 78.3% | 16 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 76.6% | 19 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 52.6% | 50 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 73.2% | 19 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 26% · aircraft arriving late 37% · air traffic system 34% · 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
- $227
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $233
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 57% of passengers · $286
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 16% of passengers · $112
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $234 · Q3 2025 $222 · Q4 2025 $249 · Q1 2026 $227).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $232, likely $205–$264
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 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 3.2%). 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: 1,225 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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