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BWI vs ATL - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
BWI

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, Maryland

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Airport B
ATL

Atlanta, GA

Atlanta, Georgia

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric BWI ATL
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 78.0% 83.7%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 61.0 min 72.9 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 22.0% 16.3%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.25% 0.79%
Total Flights 1,049,006 3,758,561
Delayed Flights 230,270 613,025
Cancelled Flights 13,150 29,771
Top Delay Cause Carrier Carrier

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

BWI - Baltimore, MD

Carrier 38.9%
Late Aircraft 38.2%
NAS 18.9%
Weather 3.7%
Security 0.3%

ATL - Atlanta, GA

Carrier 46.8%
Late Aircraft 27.2%
NAS 19.4%
Weather 6.4%
Security 0.2%

Top Routes

Top routes from BWI

Route Flights On-Time
ATL → BWI
Baltimore
31,846 80.2%
BWI → ATL
Atlanta
31,798 82.1%
MCO → BWI
Baltimore
29,125 77%
BWI → MCO
Orlando
29,050 76.2%
BWI → FLL
Fort Lauderdale
21,397 77.2%
FLL → BWI
Baltimore
21,264 79%

Top routes from ATL

Route Flights On-Time
MCO → ATL
Atlanta
47,291 78.1%
ATL → MCO
Orlando
47,234 76.2%
FLL → ATL
Atlanta
42,458 77.5%
ATL → FLL
Fort Lauderdale
42,441 77.2%
ATL → LGA
New York
42,079 80.8%
LGA → ATL
Atlanta
42,078 82.2%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.