Delta Air Lines in February 2024

88.5%arrived on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In February 2024, Delta Air Lines (DL) reported 71,218 scheduled domestic flights. 88.5% arrived on time, 0.1% were cancelled and 0.1% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 83.4% on time and 0.6% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 5.1 points above the combined figure.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, late-arriving aircraft 22% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 88.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.2%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by Delta Air Lines in February 2024.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	DL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Feb 2024
Arrived on time	88.5%	—	79.9%	83.4%
Departed on time	89.1%	—	80.6%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	1.7%	0.6%
Average arrival delay	-4.2 min	—	3.9 min	0.6 min
Scheduled flights a day	2,374	—	2,846	17,307
Scheduled flights	71,218	—	1,038,644	519,221

137 airports and 854 routes had DL flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ATL Atlanta	16,185	88.5%	-1.6 min	0.0%
MSP Minneapolis	4,528	89.5%	-8.7 min	0.0%
DTW Detroit	4,167	90.4%	-8.9 min	0.0%
SLC Salt Lake City	3,912	85.4%	-2.4 min	0.1%
LAX Los Angeles	2,564	83.7%	-0.1 min	0.1%
JFK New York	2,217	85.3%	-7.8 min	0.7%
SEA Seattle	2,190	88.4%	-4.5 min	0.1%
LGA New York	2,040	83.2%	-4.7 min	0.9%
MCO Orlando	1,738	83.6%	2.2 min	0.3%
BOS Boston	1,696	90.0%	-12.6 min	0.2%
LAS Las Vegas	1,191	88.2%	-6.1 min	0.1%
FLL Fort Lauderdale	1,018	79.6%	7.9 min	0.4%
DEN Denver	949	85.0%	0.9 min	0.5%
TPA Tampa	946	89.3%	-2.7 min	0.3%
MIA Miami	929	74.7%	14.6 min	0.3%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of DL flights that arrived on time, by scheduled departure hour (local time at each origin), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	52.8%	35.9%	259,179
Late-arriving aircraft	21.8%	36.9%	107,037
National Aviation System	21.2%	21.7%	104,124
Extreme weather	3.8%	5.3%	18,820
Security	0.3%	0.3%	1,259

490,419 delay minutes on 7,995 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

What share of Delta Air Lines flights were on time in February 2024?

88.5% of 71,218 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 83.4% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 is outside the 36 months on file, or the carrier did not report that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for Delta Air Lines · methodology · corrections.