Will I have time to make my flight?

In May I will be traveling outside of the country and have one connection in Atlanta. I'll arrive to Atlanta at 9:05am(presumably) and my flight to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republican leaves at 9:49am. Will I have time to make it to my flight is only 30mins? Since the cut off time is 10mins before boarding, does anyone have any experience traveling through the Atlanta airport?

30 minutes is cutting it close. Normally, I want at least an hour between flights. But… Don't worry. The airlines will change your flights and connection times at least a dozen times before it's time for you to go.

It's a BIG place, depends on what gate you are leaving from, how close it is to where you arrive…

No way to know for sure. Atlanta is a really big airport, but it's also laid out very well. Hopefully your arrival and departure gates are relatively close. I have had a very tight connection there (due to a delayed first flight) and made it, but I definitely had to hustle.

You have to consider that while your first plane might land at 9:05, you probably won't be off it until at least 9:20. Definitely try to sit near the front.

If you booked these flights as a single itinerary, then the airline will work with you if you miss the second flight. But if you booked them separately, you'll get no such protection.

You might, you might not. It's VERY tight. Why did you book such a short interval? Remember that even if your flight arrives on time, it could easily be at least ten minutes before you even get off the plane.

That is a big Maybe. All depends on which gate you arrive at and where the departing gate is. If your at one ends of a terminal and your departing flight's gate is also at the end of a different terminal, I say no way. If in the same terminal, yes. If your gate and departing gate are near the center of the terminals near where the trams are yes. But you will not know any of this until after you are already in the air. So you must assume the two gates are the furthest from each other other, and that means not going to happen.

Atlanta has several terminals. You have to walk from your gate to the center, go down an escalator, get on a train and ride to the right terminal, up an escalator, and walk to your gate- which can be quite far from the train. It's a pretty efficient system. If your first flight is on time, you'll be ok. That's 44 minutes, and it has never taken me longer than 20 minutes to get from one gate to another.

Did you purchase a single ticket?
The airline would not have allowed you to book the flight, if there haven't determined that it's likely for your to make this flight.

If you purchased separate tickets - there's almost no way you will make the flight.

That is really pushing it, but Delta has a habit of scheduling connections as short as 30 minutes. Whether or not you make your connection will depend on how close the two gates are and if you land on time or not. Be prepared to get rescheduled to the next flight.

I would be very concerned. The Int'l terminal is separate from all their domestic terminals and if your connecting flight arrives late… I don't know

However, as previously posted, was this itinerary booked on one ticket via Delta? I would call them and voice my concerns. Chances are, they will say its a valid connection but still…

Is it possible? For some it is.
Will it be possible for YOU the day YOU fly? MAYBE

Miss your connection and you DO NOT get next flight out. You get next available seat could be an hour wait or days.
The time posted as arrival IS NOT the minute you get off the plane.

If flights are near each other it really helps. International Departures DO NOT have to be in the International Terminal. For a better answer just say what Airlines you are using.

No one can guess if your two planes will be side by side or at opposite ends of the Airport.

Of course you will be first off as all the other passengers are in no hurry to get to their connection? DO NOT plan on it.

Airline can hold flight a few minutes for connecting passengers IF THEY WANT TOO.
Do not expect it.
If you booked two separate tickets the second Airline does not have to give you a free room, a free meal or a free flight if you do not make connection.