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Carrier month · July 2024
Delta Air Lines in July 2024
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 July 2024, Delta Air Lines (DL) reported 92,296 scheduled domestic flights. 65.2% arrived on time, 6.6% were cancelled and 0.4% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 68.1% on time and 2.9% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 2.9 points below the combined figure.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 14%.
- On time 65.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.8%
- Cancelled 6.6%
- Diverted 0.4%
July 2024 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Jul 2024 | Year earlier | DL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 65.2% | — | 79.9% | 68.1% |
| Departed on time | 65.8% | — | 80.6% | 68.5% |
| Cancelled | 6.6% | — | 1.7% | 2.9% |
| Average arrival delay | 22.6 min | — | 3.9 min | 18.1 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 3,077 | — | 2,846 | 21,154 |
| Scheduled flights | 92,296 | — | 1,038,644 | 634,613 |
143 airports and 914 routes had DL flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL Atlanta | 20,684 | 58.2% | 29.0 min | 7.1% |
| MSP Minneapolis | 6,949 | 65.6% | 18.8 min | 6.0% |
| DTW Detroit | 5,446 | 65.4% | 21.3 min | 6.0% |
| SLC Salt Lake City | 4,849 | 68.8% | 18.1 min | 5.7% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 3,273 | 67.6% | 14.6 min | 6.1% |
| SEA Seattle | 2,974 | 71.8% | 12.1 min | 4.8% |
| JFK New York | 2,687 | 65.5% | 20.5 min | 5.1% |
| BOS Boston | 2,310 | 68.1% | 14.8 min | 6.1% |
| LGA New York | 2,268 | 63.4% | 21.7 min | 5.7% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,846 | 57.8% | 36.4 min | 7.4% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 1,398 | 66.8% | 17.7 min | 7.7% |
| SFO San Francisco | 1,227 | 72.5% | 13.5 min | 6.3% |
| DEN Denver | 1,150 | 69.9% | 15.9 min | 7.4% |
| TPA Tampa | 1,082 | 60.4% | 32.6 min | 6.0% |
| ORD Chicago | 1,062 | 63.6% | 31.3 min | 6.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Delta Air Lines flights were on time in July 2024?
65.2% of 92,296 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 68.1% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
July 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 July 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.