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Carrier month · November 2025
Delta Air Lines in November 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 November 2025, Delta Air Lines (DL) reported 84,475 scheduled domestic flights. 80.8% arrived on time, 1.7% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 77.3% on time and 2.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 3.5 points above the combined figure.
A year earlier, in November 2024, it reported 81,825 flights with 88.6% on time: a change of −7.8 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 26%.
- On time 80.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.3%
- Cancelled 1.7%
- Diverted 0.2%
November 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Nov 2025 | Nov 2024 | DL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 80.8% | 88.6% | 79.9% | 77.3% |
| Departed on time | 82.0% | 88.8% | 80.6% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 1.7% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| Average arrival delay | 3.1 min | -4.0 min | 3.9 min | 6.4 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 2,816 | 2,728 | 2,846 | 19,018 |
| Scheduled flights | 84,475 | 81,825 | 1,038,644 | 570,550 |
141 airports and 921 routes had DL flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL Atlanta | 19,530 | 80.3% | 3.9 min | 2.1% |
| MSP Minneapolis | 5,187 | 80.8% | 1.5 min | 1.0% |
| DTW Detroit | 4,968 | 77.1% | 4.8 min | 1.1% |
| SLC Salt Lake City | 4,310 | 84.6% | 0.0 min | 1.1% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 2,994 | 80.7% | 1.8 min | 1.2% |
| LGA New York | 2,640 | 65.8% | 18.4 min | 2.5% |
| SEA Seattle | 2,611 | 81.2% | 1.5 min | 0.8% |
| JFK New York | 2,546 | 75.8% | 7.8 min | 0.7% |
| BOS Boston | 2,243 | 77.5% | 5.2 min | 1.1% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,710 | 81.2% | 3.4 min | 1.9% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 1,247 | 84.6% | -1.7 min | 1.1% |
| SFO San Francisco | 1,137 | 78.7% | 2.5 min | 1.1% |
| TPA Tampa | 1,113 | 80.3% | 7.2 min | 1.7% |
| AUS Austin | 1,053 | 81.1% | 5.4 min | 1.1% |
| RDU Raleigh/Durham | 1,039 | 84.5% | 0.3 min | 1.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Delta Air Lines flights were on time in November 2025?
80.8% of 84,475 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 77.3% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In November 2024 the carrier reported 81,825 flights with 88.6% on time and 0.0% cancelled, against 80.8% and 1.7% in November 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.