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May 15, 20252,366 flights1,752,409 ADS-B points
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About the data

Flights reconstructed from ADS-B, the position signal modern aircraft broadcast to air traffic. Coverage is strongest across North America and Europe, thinner over oceans, polar regions, and parts of Asia and Africa.

Long-haul flights whose paths cross sparsely-covered areas may appear with an unknown origin or destination, because the receiver network loses sight of them mid-ocean. We mark those unknown rather than guess. Every flight is still counted in the totals; the route-by-route breakdown filters to flights with identified endpoints.

ATL logged 2,366 flights on May 15, 2025, split nearly evenly between 1,176 arrivals and 1,190 departures across 699 unique aircraft. Traffic ran continuously from midnight through 23:59 local time, averaging 98.6 flights per hour. The busiest hour was 17:00 EDT, with 158 total movements (73 arrivals, 85 departures). Activity built steadily through the morning, with the 06:00 hour seeing a sharp jump from overnight lows to 66 flights, and hourly totals holding above 120 from 08:00 through 23:00. The late evening skewed heavily toward departures: the 22:00 and 23:00 hours recorded 82 and 83 departures respectively, against only 18 and 4 arrivals. Orlando led all routes with 46 total movements (24 arrivals, 22 departures), followed by LaGuardia at 42 and Reagan National at 40. Chicago O'Hare, Dallas Fort Worth, Baltimore/Washington, and Tampa each recorded 37 movements. Approach and departure tracks both show the Northeast as the dominant corridor, accounting for 230 arriving and 227 departing tracks. SSE and WNW ranked second and third in both directions. The 99 ground operations and 666 US-registered aircraft (out of 699 total) round out the traffic composition. International registrations included 12 Canadian aircraft, three French, three British, and three South Korean, among others. Altitude data spans from surface level to a peak of 44,800 feet, with an average of 18,515 feet across all recorded positions. The 36,000-37,000 foot band saw the highest concentration of cruising-level ADS-B points at 66,942. A secondary cluster appeared in the 3,000-4,000 foot range (76,942 points), consistent with approach and departure traffic transiting the lower airspace around the field. Average leg distance was 640.2 nautical miles at an average groundspeed of 297 knots, with total distance across all flights reaching just over 1.5 million nautical miles.

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Summary

Total Flights

2,366

Arrivals

1,176

Departures

1,190

Unique Aircraft

699

Peak Hour Flights

158

Avg / Hour

99

Notable Flights

Shortest

8 NM10 min

From ATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport

N523UW

Longest

2170 NM267 min

B-16788

Highest

44,800 ft648 NM

To DALDallas Love Field

N63RP

Most Active

9flights

N983AT

Time Highlights

Times in EDT

Busiest Hour

5 PM

158 flights · 73 arr / 85 dep

Quietest Hour

2 AM

7 flights · 5 arr / 2 dep

Peak Frequency

23 sec

between flights at peak

Performance

Max Altitude

44,800ft

Avg Altitude

18,515ft

Max Groundspeed

604.5kts

Avg Groundspeed

297kts

Total Distance

1,514,673NM

Avg Leg Distance

640NM

Avg Leg Duration

111min

Traffic Flow

Arrivals
Departures
N162 · 158NE287 · 281E81 · 92SE61 · 57S160 · 159SW70 · 70W174 · 183NW181 · 190

Flight Trails

ATL flight trails on a state-border basemap

Routes

Arriving from

MCO
Orlando International Airport24
LGA
LaGuardia Airport21
DCA
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport20
TPA
Tampa International Airport20
ORD
Chicago O'Hare International Airport19
DFW
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport19
BWI
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport19
MIA
Miami International Airport18
FLL
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport18
PHL
Philadelphia International Airport18
IAH
George Bush Intercontinental Airport16
DEN
Denver International Airport15
LAX
Los Angeles International Airport15
AUS
Austin Bergstrom International Airport15
LAS
Harry Reid International Airport15
BNA
Nashville International Airport14
CLT
Charlotte Douglas International Airport14
DTW
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport14
MSY
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport14
BOS
General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport13

Departing to

MCO
Orlando International Airport22
LGA
LaGuardia Airport21
DCA
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport20
ORD
Chicago O'Hare International Airport18
DFW
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport18
BWI
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport18
MIA
Miami International Airport18
TPA
Tampa International Airport17
FLL
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport17
BNA
Nashville International Airport16
PHL
Philadelphia International Airport15
IAH
George Bush Intercontinental Airport15
CLT
Charlotte Douglas International Airport15
DEN
Denver International Airport14
DTW
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport14
LAX
Los Angeles International Airport13
MSY
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport13
BOS
General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport13
MEM
Memphis International Airport13
AUS
Austin Bergstrom International Airport12

Aircraft by Registration Country

United States666
Canada12
Mexico4
France3
United Kingdom3
South Korea3
Qatar2
Türkiye2
Panama1
Germany1

Aircraft

699 unique aircraft

N983AT
9 flights
N228PQ
8 flights
N232PQ
8 flights
N292PQ
8 flights
N354CA
8 flights
N367CA
8 flights
N582CA
8 flights
N606LR
8 flights
N678CA
8 flights
N679CA
8 flights
N717JL
8 flights
N738SK
8 flights
N894AT
8 flights
N899SK
8 flights
N915AT
8 flights
N928AT
8 flights
N949DZ
8 flights
N953DZ
8 flights
N954DZ
8 flights
N957DZ
8 flights

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