NextGen
Airport Performance — Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta International
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) has been the busiest US airport for many years, based on passenger traffic and the number of landings and take-offs. The airport is the primary hub for Delta Air Lines and Delta Connection partner ExpressJet; the Delta hub in Atlanta is the world's largest. Several NextGen capabilities and enabling technologies have been implemented since 2009, including Airport Surface Detection Equipment - Model X (ASDE-X), Performance Based Navigation (PBN) Procedures and Airspace Redesign, Basic Rerouting and Adjacent Center Metering.
All the results reported are in Calendar Year (CY) or Fiscal Year (FY).
| Performance Indicator (FY) |
Average Gate Arrival Delay
Minutes per Flight
During Core Hours (7:00 – 21:59 local), the yearly average of the difference between the Actual Gate-In Time and the Scheduled Gate-In time for flights between the selected airport and any of the Aviation System Performance Metrics airports. The delay for each fiscal year is calculated based on the 0.5 - 99.5 percentile of the distributions for the year. Flights may depart outside Core Hours, but must arrive during them. |
9.6 |
4.9 |
4.3 |
-0.3 |
Average Gate to Gate Time
Minutes per Flight
During Core Hours (7:00 – 21:59 local), the yearly average of the difference between the Actual Gate-In time at the selected airport and the Actual Gate-Out time at the origin (any Aviation System Performance Metrics airport). Flights may depart outside Core Hours, but must arrive during them. |
117.7 |
116.6 |
115.0 |
112.8 |
Average Number of Level-offs Per Flight
Count per Flight
The count of instances when an arriving aircraft will maintain a single altitude during their descent to an airport averaged for the fiscal year. |
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2.7 |
2.5 |
Distance in Level Flight from Top of Descent to Runway Threshold
Nautical Miles per Flight
The distance flown while maintaining a level altitude from when an aircraft begins its descent until it reaches the runway threshold, averaged for the fiscal year. |
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38.4 |
37.0 |
Taxi-In Time
Minutes per Flight
During Core Hours (7:00 – 21:59 local), the yearly average of the difference between Wheels-On time and Gate-In time for flights between the selected airport and any of the Aviation System Performance Metrics airports. Flights may depart outside Core Hours, but must arrive during them. |
11.4 |
11.7 |
11.1 |
10.3 |
Taxi-Out Time
Minutes per Flight
During Core Hours (7:00 – 21:59 local), the yearly average of the difference between Gate-Out time and Wheels-Off time for flights between the selected airport and any of the Aviation System Performance Metrics airports. Flights must depart during Core Hours, but may arrive outside them. |
22.5 |
22.1 |
21.5 |
20.0 |
High Low
Efficiency addresses the operational and economic cost-effectiveness of gate-to-gate flight operations from a single-flight perspective. In all phases of flight, airspace users want to depart and arrive at the times they select and fly the trajectory they determine to be optimum.
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