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Carrier month · January 2025
Delta Air Lines in January 2025
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 January 2025, Delta Air Lines (DL) reported 76,306 scheduled domestic flights. 78.3% arrived on time, 2.8% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 78.6% on time and 3.0% cancelled that month, so the carrier was level with the combined figure.
A year earlier, in January 2024, it reported 74,384 flights with 80.4% on time: a change of −2.1 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 78.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
- Cancelled 2.8%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | DL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 78.3% | 80.4% | 79.9% | 78.6% |
| Departed on time | 78.2% | 81.5% | 80.6% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 2.8% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 3.0% |
| Average arrival delay | 5.2 min | 4.4 min | 3.9 min | 3.8 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 2,544 | 2,480 | 2,846 | 17,992 |
| Scheduled flights | 76,306 | 74,384 | 1,038,644 | 539,747 |
140 airports and 879 routes had DL flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL Atlanta | 17,468 | 73.1% | 11.6 min | 4.8% |
| MSP Minneapolis | 4,716 | 83.2% | -3.0 min | 0.9% |
| SLC Salt Lake City | 4,455 | 84.5% | -2.3 min | 0.9% |
| DTW Detroit | 4,302 | 75.8% | 3.3 min | 1.4% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 2,697 | 82.5% | -0.6 min | 1.0% |
| JFK New York | 2,385 | 79.1% | 0.8 min | 1.1% |
| SEA Seattle | 2,364 | 83.7% | -1.3 min | 0.8% |
| LGA New York | 2,260 | 73.8% | 6.9 min | 1.5% |
| BOS Boston | 1,832 | 77.8% | 5.2 min | 1.3% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,782 | 74.0% | 10.1 min | 1.5% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 1,374 | 87.7% | -5.5 min | 0.7% |
| FLL Fort Lauderdale | 1,135 | 71.9% | 13.2 min | 1.9% |
| TPA Tampa | 1,044 | 75.4% | 9.7 min | 2.0% |
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 994 | 80.7% | 2.6 min | 4.2% |
| MIA Miami | 982 | 70.3% | 17.9 min | 1.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Delta Air Lines flights were on time in January 2025?
78.3% of 76,306 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.6% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2024 the carrier reported 74,384 flights with 80.4% on time and 0.6% cancelled, against 78.3% and 2.8% in January 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.