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Carrier month · February 2025
Delta Air Lines in February 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 February 2025, Delta Air Lines (DL) reported 71,333 scheduled domestic flights. 79.7% arrived on time, 0.2% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 77.9% on time and 1.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 1.8 points above the combined figure.
A year earlier, in February 2024, it reported 71,218 flights with 88.5% on time: a change of −8.8 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 79.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.9%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.2%
February 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Feb 2025 | Feb 2024 | DL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 79.7% | 88.5% | 79.9% | 77.9% |
| Departed on time | 80.1% | 89.1% | 80.6% | 79.2% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.7% | 1.5% |
| Average arrival delay | 3.9 min | -4.2 min | 3.9 min | 5.7 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 2,378 | 2,374 | 2,846 | 16,830 |
| Scheduled flights | 71,333 | 71,218 | 1,038,644 | 504,884 |
139 airports and 852 routes had DL flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL Atlanta | 16,723 | 77.9% | 6.7 min | 0.1% |
| MSP Minneapolis | 4,340 | 79.8% | 0.8 min | 0.2% |
| SLC Salt Lake City | 4,091 | 82.6% | 0.2 min | 0.0% |
| DTW Detroit | 3,941 | 74.5% | 6.0 min | 0.1% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 2,472 | 82.4% | 0.0 min | 0.1% |
| JFK New York | 2,152 | 74.0% | 6.1 min | 0.5% |
| SEA Seattle | 2,131 | 81.4% | 0.4 min | 0.1% |
| LGA New York | 2,056 | 73.9% | 5.9 min | 0.9% |
| BOS Boston | 1,695 | 70.8% | 11.3 min | 0.6% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,602 | 78.0% | 8.4 min | 0.2% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 1,192 | 84.7% | -0.5 min | 0.2% |
| FLL Fort Lauderdale | 1,033 | 78.6% | 5.9 min | 0.2% |
| TPA Tampa | 970 | 79.5% | 11.1 min | 0.2% |
| SFO San Francisco | 899 | 81.2% | 0.1 min | 0.3% |
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 892 | 84.1% | 2.1 min | 0.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Delta Air Lines flights were on time in February 2025?
79.7% of 71,333 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 77.9% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In February 2024 the carrier reported 71,218 flights with 88.5% on time and 0.1% cancelled, against 79.7% and 0.2% in February 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 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.