Direct Flights from Atlanta to Montgomery
Montgomery · Alabama
Nonstop service from ATL to MGM on Delta. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
Only 5 cities have a nonstop to Montgomery, so this is a route worth knowing about — most travelers connect to get there.
How long to go to Montgomery for, from Atlanta
50m in the air, 147 miles: short enough that a single night in Montgomery is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
With roughly 5 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 Montgomery
Montgomery is the capital of Alabama, in the River Heritage region of the state. Montgomery has also been recognized nationally for its downtown revitalization and new urbanism projects.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Montgomery
- The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts is a museum located in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, featuring several art collections.
- The Civil Rights Memorial is an American memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, created by Maya Lin. The names of 41 people are inscribed on the granite fountain as martyrs who were killed in the civil rights movement.
- The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, informally known as the National Lynching Memorial, is a memorial to commemorate the black victims of lynching in the United States.
- The Alabama Shakespeare Festival (ASF) is among the ten largest Shakespeare festivals in the world. The festival is permanently housed in the Carolyn Blount Theatre in Montgomery, Alabama.
- Montgomery Zoo is a 40-acre (16 ha) zoo located on the north side of Montgomery, Alabama. The zoo is an independent city department, and is supported in part by The Montgomery Area Zoological Society.
- The Alabama Department of Archives and History is the official repository of archival records for the U.S. state of Alabama. Under the direction of Thomas M.
- The National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, established in 1991 and opened in 1993, is an American museum in Selma, Alabama, which honors, chronicles, collects, archives, and displays the artifacts and testimony of…
- Hickory Ground, also known as Otciapofa is an historic Upper Muscogee Creek tribal town and an archaeological site in Elmore County, Alabama, United States, near Wetumpka.
- The Rosa Parks Museum is located on the Troy University at Montgomery satellite campus, in Montgomery, Alabama. It has information, exhibits, and some artifacts from the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott.
- Confederate Park is a park in Greenville, Alabama, United States. The park was established in 1902 in front of the First Methodist Church on 1 acre of land donated by the church to the United Daughters of the Confederacy…
- Heflin-Torbert Judicial Building, commonly called the Alabama Judicial Building, is a state government building in Montgomery, Alabama.
- The Confederate Memorial Monument is a monument installed outside the Alabama State Capitol.
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Montgomery weather, compared with Atlanta
5° warmer than Atlanta on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Montgomery 59°F · Atlanta 54°F · 5° warmer
- April
- Montgomery 78°F · Atlanta 73°F · 5° warmer
- July
- Montgomery 93°F · Atlanta 90°F · 3° warmer
- October
- Montgomery 79°F · Atlanta 74°F · 5° warmer
July averages 93°F, hot enough to plan the middle of the day around.
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 Montgomery
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Montgomery is February–April and October–December, when daytime highs are a comfortable 61–79°F.
- How long to stay
- Montgomery rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Civil Rights Memorial, and National Memorial for Peace and Justice and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Atlanta to Montgomery?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Atlanta (ATL) to Montgomery (MGM) on Delta.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Atlanta to Montgomery?
- Delta flies nonstop between Atlanta (ATL) and Montgomery (MGM).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Atlanta to Montgomery?
- There are about 5 nonstop departures per day (roughly 35 per week) from Atlanta to Montgomery.
- How far is Montgomery from Atlanta?
- Montgomery is about 147 miles from Atlanta by air.
- What is there to do in Montgomery?
- Popular things to do include Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Civil Rights Memorial, National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and more.
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