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Carrier month · October 2024
Delta Air Lines in October 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 October 2024, Delta Air Lines (DL) reported 88,300 scheduled domestic flights. 89.5% arrived on time, 0.9% were cancelled and 0.1% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 85.8% on time and 1.0% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 3.7 points above the combined figure.
A year earlier, in October 2023, it reported 85,367 flights with 90.5% on time: a change of −1.0 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 58%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 89.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.5%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2024 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | DL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 89.5% | 90.5% | 79.9% | 85.8% |
| Departed on time | 88.8% | 89.9% | 80.6% | 85.5% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 0.1% | 1.7% | 1.0% |
| Average arrival delay | -4.7 min | -4.8 min | 3.9 min | -1.3 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 2,943 | 2,846 | 2,846 | 20,517 |
| Scheduled flights | 88,300 | 85,367 | 1,038,644 | 615,497 |
142 airports and 888 routes had DL flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL Atlanta | 19,922 | 89.2% | -3.2 min | 0.8% |
| MSP Minneapolis | 6,067 | 90.3% | -6.9 min | 0.7% |
| DTW Detroit | 5,107 | 87.3% | -3.1 min | 0.7% |
| SLC Salt Lake City | 4,704 | 88.1% | -2.0 min | 0.2% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 3,170 | 88.4% | -4.0 min | 0.4% |
| SEA Seattle | 2,733 | 88.3% | -3.8 min | 0.3% |
| JFK New York | 2,635 | 87.7% | -6.3 min | 0.9% |
| LGA New York | 2,557 | 85.1% | -3.9 min | 1.6% |
| BOS Boston | 2,292 | 85.7% | -4.0 min | 0.7% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,765 | 83.7% | -2.2 min | 6.8% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 1,453 | 85.5% | -1.2 min | 0.1% |
| SFO San Francisco | 1,147 | 91.4% | -7.2 min | 0.0% |
| TPA Tampa | 1,097 | 80.1% | -1.1 min | 9.7% |
| ORD Chicago | 1,087 | 90.2% | -8.3 min | 0.1% |
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 1,084 | 92.5% | -7.3 min | 0.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Delta Air Lines flights were on time in October 2024?
89.5% of 88,300 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 85.8% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2023 the carrier reported 85,367 flights with 90.5% on time and 0.1% cancelled, against 89.5% and 0.9% in October 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.