Flight Report

These statistics capture one full day of ADS-B traffic at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on September 21, 2025, the 45th anniversary of the modern airport's opening. A total of 2,269 flights were recorded across 1,111 arrivals, 1,129 departures, and 29 touch-and-goes, operated by 705 unique aircraft. Traffic ran continuously from midnight to midnight, averaging 94.5 flights per hour. The day peaked at 5:00 PM EDT with 150 movements, a count matched again at 6:00 PM. The quietest stretch fell between 2:00 and 3:00 AM, when only 2 flights were logged. Early morning hours through 7:00 AM were arrival-heavy, while departures dominated the late evening, with 90 outbound flights in the 10:00 PM hour and 92 in the 11:00 PM hour. The top route by combined traffic was Atlanta to LaGuardia, with 39 total flights (20 arrivals, 19 departures). Orlando, Tampa, Reagan National, and Newark followed closely. Approach and departure directions were led by northeast flows in both cases, with 211 approaches and 208 departures recorded from that quadrant. The 705 aircraft included registrations from 12 countries, with 670 US-registered aircraft making up the large majority. Canada contributed 11, Germany 4, and the United Kingdom 3. The altitude profile peaked in the 36,000 to 37,000 foot band with 68,793 ADS-B data points, and the average recorded altitude across all 1,561,854 position reports was 16,998 feet. The highest single flight reached 48,875 feet, a departure to Moffett Federal Airfield covering 1,906 nautical miles. The shortest flight logged 10.1 nautical miles over 11.7 minutes. Combined, all tracked flights covered 1,387,190 nautical miles, with an average leg distance of 611.4 nautical miles and an average duration of 107.6 minutes.