Great-circle route ATL ↔ JFK. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample. The two directions are not identical — that is normal on scheduled routes.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATL → JFK Atlanta to New York |
79/wk | Daily | Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways |
| JFK → ATL New York to Atlanta |
80/wk | Daily | Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,267,194 passengers on 8,530 flights between ATL and JFK — about 3,474 a day — filling 81% of the 1,560,197 seats flown. Delta Air Lines Inc. carried the most passengers (60%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
3 airlines fly the ATL–JFK nonstop, including Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A220-300, Boeing 757, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-900 and 2 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport and John F Kennedy International Airport is 759 miles, or 1,221 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 759 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,221 km |
| Nautical miles | 660 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 159 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 06m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 759-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
About 79 a week from Atlanta to New York and 80 a week from New York to Atlanta, from our most recent schedule sample.
Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,267,194 passengers on 8,530 scheduled flights between ATL and JFK — about 3,474 a day — filling 81% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A220-300, Boeing 757, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-900. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
