Direct Flights from Atlanta to Birmingham
Birmingham · Alabama
Nonstop service from ATL to BHM on Delta. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
16 cities have a nonstop to Birmingham, Atlanta among them.
How long to go to Birmingham for, from Atlanta
45m in the air, 134 miles: short enough that a single night in Birmingham is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
With roughly 9 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About Birmingham
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama, and its cultural and economic nucleus. While it's best remembered as the site of protest, bombings, and other racial tumult during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, visitors to the Birmingham of today will find a pleasant green city of ridges, valleys, attractive views, and friendly, hospitable people.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Birmingham
- The Birmingham Museum of Art is a museum in Birmingham, Alabama. Its collection includes more than 24,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and decorative arts representing various cultures, including Asian, Europ…
- The Cathedral of Saint Paul — informally known as Saint Paul's Cathedral — is the mother church of the Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama, in the United States.
- The Birmingham Zoo is a zoological park that opened in 1955 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
- Rickwood Caverns State Park is a public recreation area and natural history preserve located 7 miles (11 km) north of Warrior, Alabama.
- Sloss Furnaces is a National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. It operated as a pig iron-producing blast furnace from 1882 to 1971.
- The Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument is a United States National Monument in Birmingham, Alabama established in 2017 to preserve and commemorate the work of the 1963 Birmingham campaign, its Children's Crusade,…
- Alabama Adventure & Splash Adventure is a water park and amusement park in Bessemer, Alabama.
- Majestic Caverns is a cave and tourist attraction located in Childersburg, Talladega County, Alabama. Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, it is touted as "Alabama's Big Cave".
- The Birmingham Botanical Gardens is 67.5-acre (27.3 ha) of botanical gardens located adjacent to Lane Park at the southern foot of Red Mountain in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
- Oak Mountain State Park is a public recreation area located approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of Birmingham in the northeast quadrant of the city of Pelham, Alabama, United States.
- The Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Alabama, is the see church of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama.
- The Southern Museum of Flight is a civilian aviation museum Birmingham, Alabama. The facility features nearly 100 aircraft, as well as engines, models, artifacts, photographs, and paintings.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Birmingham weather, compared with Atlanta
Within 2° of Atlanta on the annual average, so pack much as you would at home — but the two cities do not track each other month to month:
- January
- Birmingham 55°F · Atlanta 54°F · much the same
- April
- Birmingham 75°F · Atlanta 73°F · 2° warmer
- July
- Birmingham 91°F · Atlanta 90°F · much the same
- October
- Birmingham 76°F · Atlanta 74°F · 2° warmer
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at the nearest weather station to each city.
Planning a trip to Birmingham
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Birmingham is March–May and October–November, when daytime highs are a comfortable 65–82°F.
- How long to stay
- Birmingham rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Birmingham Museum of Art, Cathedral of Saint Paul (Alabama), and Birmingham Zoo and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Atlanta to Birmingham?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Atlanta (ATL) to Birmingham (BHM) on Delta.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Atlanta to Birmingham?
- Delta flies nonstop between Atlanta (ATL) and Birmingham (BHM).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Atlanta to Birmingham?
- There are about 9 nonstop departures per day (roughly 63 per week) from Atlanta to Birmingham.
- How far is Birmingham from Atlanta?
- Birmingham is about 134 miles from Atlanta by air.
- What is there to do in Birmingham?
- Popular things to do include Birmingham Museum of Art, Cathedral of Saint Paul (Alabama), Birmingham Zoo, Rickwood Caverns State Park, and more.
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