Transatlantic route · frequency, carriers and airport records
NAP→ATL
Naples to Atlanta
- Flights
- 173 both ways
- Carriers
- 1
- Distance
- 5,148 mi
- Period
- July 2025 to June 2026
No public record scores Naples to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International flight by flight. The US Department of Transportation's on-time database covers domestic flights only, and in Europe only the United Kingdom publishes punctuality by route, so what follows is built from the three measurements that do exist. The DOT's international report counts 173 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about two departures a week in each direction, flown by Delta. EUROCONTROL's year-to-date figure has 60.2% of all departures from Naples leaving within 15 minutes of schedule and 75.6% of arrivals landing within 15 minutes. At the other end, 77.9% of ATL's domestic departures arrived on time in the DOT data, which says something about how the airport itself runs, not about this route.
On EUROCONTROL's year-to-date arrival punctuality, Naples ranks 29th of the 41 European airports on this site with service to the United States. Bilbao leads that table at 84.3% and Manchester closes it at 65.7%. A long-haul departure inherits the airport's morning: an aircraft that arrived late from its previous sector, or a departure queue built up by weather, delays the transatlantic wave with everything else.
Key figures
Flights
173
Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)
Carriers
1
Delta Air Lines
NAP departures on time
60.2%
All destinations, year to date (EUROCONTROL)
ATL domestic on time
77.9%
US DOT, last twelve months of domestic departures
Without a route-level record, the useful question is what the two airports do to a schedule. EUROCONTROL attributes 0.9 minutes of air traffic flow management delay per arriving flight to Naples so far this year; that is delay imposed by the network to hold traffic on the ground elsewhere, not the airline's own. In the DOT data, a delayed domestic departure from ATL ran about an hour late on average over the last twelve months, and 1.83% of its scheduled flights were cancelled.
Carrier by carrier
Who flies NAP to ATL
Delta Air Lines is the only carrier the DOT report shows on NAP to ATL, with 173 flights and an average of 183 passengers aboard each. A single-carrier route gives a delayed passenger no same-day alternative on the same ticket, which is worth knowing before booking a tight onward connection.
| Airline | Flights | Share | Per month | Passengers / flight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 173 | 100% | 14 | 183 |
DOT international report, July 2025 to June 2026; flights in both directions together. No delay figures exist for this pair in any public source.
Across the year
How often NAP to ATL flies through the year
The DOT's international report puts 36 flights on the pair in August 2025, the busiest month of the window, and 0 in April 2026, the thinnest. A summer-to-winter swing of that size means the winter schedule is a different operation: fewer frequencies, so a cancellation leaves a longer wait for the next seat.
Flights per month, both directions
- July 202535
- August 202536
- September 202534
- October 202527
- November 20250
- December 20250
- January 20260
- February 20260
- March 20260
- April 20260
- May 20269
- June 202632
The DOT's international report counts flights in both directions together: 173 between NAP and ATL from July 2025 to June 2026, about two departures a week in each direction, carrying 31,674 passengers. That makes it the 5th busiest of 5 US routes from Naples and the 19th busiest of 19 European routes into ATL.
The departure airport
How Naples is running
EUROCONTROL's figures for Naples as a whole, every airline and every destination: 60.2% of departures and 75.6% of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule from 1 January to 21 October 2026, with 96.5% of scheduled flights operated. The last seven days ran at 52.1% for departures, 8 points worse than the year so far. Air traffic flow management delay attributed to the airport averaged 0.9 minutes per arriving flight this year, 2.2 over the last week.
| Window | Departures on time | Arrivals on time | Schedules operated | ATFM delay / arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yesterday (21 October 2026) | 46.0% | 50.3% | 84.7% | 5.1 min |
| Last 7 days | 52.1% | 64.8% | 93.0% | 2.2 min |
| Year to date | 60.2% | 75.6% | 96.5% | 0.9 min |
The arrival airport
Landing at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International is scored on this site from the DOT's domestic data: 77.9% of its 315,727 domestic departures arrived on time over the last twelve months, with delayed flights running about an hour late, and 1.83% were cancelled. Those are domestic flights, not this route, but an arriving transatlantic flight shares the same runways, the same weather and the same ground delay programmes, so a bad day at ATL reaches a flight from NAP just as surely. The airport's own page has the hour-by-hour and month-by-month detail, and its live FAA status appears above when the FAA has something to say.
Domestic on time
77.9%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late (DOT)
Avg delay
66 min
Delayed domestic flights only
Cancelled
1.83%
Domestic departures
315,727
Last twelve months
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) delay statistics, hour by hour and month by month
Your rights
EC 261/2004 on NAP to ATL
Every flight that departs Naples falls under Regulation (EC) 261/2004, whichever airline flies it and wherever it lands. If it arrives at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International three hours or more late, or is cancelled with under 14 days' notice, and the cause was within the airline's control, each passenger is owed €600 (€300 if the airline got you there under four hours late), on top of rebooking and care. Weather, air traffic control restrictions and strikes outside the airline are the usual exemptions. The return flight from ATL is covered only when the carrier is EU based. The sector is about 5,148 miles, 8,283 km, which puts it in the top distance band.
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What to do with this
Booking NAP to ATL
There is no grade to give NAP to ATL without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about two departures a week in each direction, a single carrier, a departure airport that gets 60% of its departures away on time and an arrival airport that runs 78% on time domestically. Leave two hours for any onward connection at ATL; immigration comes before the connecting flight.
Common questions
NAP to ATL questions
How often are NAP to ATL flights delayed?
No public dataset records delays for this route flight by flight: the US on-time database is domestic only and only the UK publishes route-level punctuality in Europe. The nearest measurements are the departure airport's EUROCONTROL punctuality (60.2% of departures within 15 minutes this year) and ATL's domestic record in the DOT data (77.9% on time).
Which airlines fly NAP to ATL?
Delta Air Lines. Delta Air Lines accounted for 100% of the 173 flights the DOT counted on the pair.
Can I claim compensation for a delayed NAP to ATL flight?
Yes, if the flight arrived three hours or more late or was cancelled at short notice for a reason within the airline's control: departures from Naples are covered by EC 261/2004 whichever airline operates them. The fixed amount for a sector of this length is €600 a passenger, €300 if the airline got you there under four hours late. The return from ATL is covered only on an EU carrier.
How many flights a day are there from NAP to ATL?
About two departures a week in each direction: the DOT counted 173 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 36 in August 2025 and falling to 0 in April 2026.
Related
Where to go next
- Naples (NAP): every US route
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) delay statistics
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- NAP to JFK, New York (JFK)420 flights
- NAP to PHL, Philadelphia (PHL)334 flights
- NAP to ORD, Chicago (ORD)332 flights
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- CDG to ATL, from Paris3,078 flights
- AMS to ATL, from Amsterdam2,870 flights
- FRA to ATL, from Frankfurt1,398 flights
- Every Europe-to-US route and airport
Italy publishes no route-level punctuality, so this page cannot grade the route. The UK pages in this section can, because the CAA does.
Sources: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Report (flights and passengers by carrier and airport pair), July 2025 to June 2026; EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, airport punctuality and ATFM delay to 21 October 2026. Rebuilt 22 October 2026; the EUROCONTROL figures refresh with each weekly build, the others when their publisher releases a month. How these sources differ.