On-Time Report

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Carrier month · June 2025

Delta Air Lines in June 2025

72.2%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 June 2025, Delta Air Lines (DL) reported 91,122 scheduled domestic flights. 72.2% arrived on time, 1.7% were cancelled and 0.4% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 70.3% on time and 1.6% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 1.9 points above the combined figure.

A year earlier, in June 2024, it reported 89,065 flights with 79.7% on time: a change of −7.5 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 21%.

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by Delta Air Lines in June 2025.

June 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

MeasureJun 2025Jun 2024DL, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Jun 2025
Arrived on time72.2%79.7%79.9%70.3%
Departed on time72.6%79.3%80.6%71.4%
Cancelled1.7%0.2%1.7%1.6%
Average arrival delay13.1 min6.3 min3.9 min15.6 min
Scheduled flights a day3,0372,9692,84620,386
Scheduled flights91,12289,0651,038,644611,575

148 airports and 930 routes had DL flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ATL Atlanta21,17963.0%20.4 min2.5%
MSP Minneapolis6,24574.3%10.0 min0.8%
DTW Detroit5,31972.9%12.9 min1.1%
SLC Salt Lake City4,66378.2%6.8 min0.5%
LAX Los Angeles3,28275.8%7.6 min0.8%
SEA Seattle2,85181.3%2.0 min0.7%
JFK New York2,60071.2%14.2 min1.5%
LGA New York2,39462.7%26.0 min2.7%
BOS Boston2,26873.4%9.2 min0.7%
MCO Orlando1,69967.2%21.5 min1.4%
LAS Las Vegas1,37977.7%6.9 min1.0%
SFO San Francisco1,18778.1%8.0 min0.7%
TPA Tampa1,15170.6%16.2 min1.1%
AUS Austin1,08273.4%11.8 min0.9%
ORD Chicago1,07965.5%24.4 min1.6%

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), June 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Jun 2025Minutes
Air carrier41.6%31.6%752,423
Late-arriving aircraft32.1%40.6%581,465
National Aviation System20.6%20.9%373,173
Extreme weather5.7%6.9%102,339
Security0.1%0.2%1,154
1,810,554 delay minutes on 23,332 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

What share of Delta Air Lines flights were on time in June 2025?

72.2% of 91,122 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 70.3% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In June 2024 the carrier reported 89,065 flights with 79.7% on time and 0.2% cancelled, against 72.2% and 1.7% in June 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for June 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.