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Carrier month · January 2026
Delta Air Lines in January 2026
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 2026, Delta Air Lines (DL) reported 79,198 scheduled domestic flights. 76.9% arrived on time, 3.9% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 75.3% on time and 4.7% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 1.6 points above the combined figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, it reported 76,306 flights with 78.3% on time: a change of −1.4 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 76.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.9%
- Cancelled 3.9%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | DL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 76.9% | 78.3% | 79.9% | 75.3% |
| Departed on time | 77.5% | 78.2% | 80.6% | 75.6% |
| Cancelled | 3.9% | 2.8% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Average arrival delay | 3.9 min | 5.2 min | 3.9 min | 6.4 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 2,640 | 2,544 | 2,846 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled flights | 79,198 | 76,306 | 1,038,644 | 544,003 |
144 airports and 944 routes had DL flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL Atlanta | 18,436 | 75.5% | 5.0 min | 4.8% |
| MSP Minneapolis | 4,571 | 72.8% | 8.3 min | 1.9% |
| DTW Detroit | 4,549 | 65.3% | 15.1 min | 2.7% |
| SLC Salt Lake City | 4,452 | 82.7% | 0.0 min | 1.8% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 2,779 | 80.3% | 3.5 min | 2.0% |
| JFK New York | 2,419 | 70.4% | 4.0 min | 5.5% |
| SEA Seattle | 2,374 | 78.9% | 4.6 min | 2.1% |
| LGA New York | 2,366 | 74.3% | 1.4 min | 5.4% |
| BOS Boston | 1,903 | 68.4% | 14.7 min | 6.7% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,870 | 73.5% | 9.4 min | 3.2% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 1,366 | 84.0% | 1.3 min | 1.8% |
| TPA Tampa | 1,172 | 80.4% | 1.4 min | 2.7% |
| FLL Fort Lauderdale | 1,171 | 72.9% | 9.9 min | 3.4% |
| MIA Miami | 1,067 | 72.4% | 11.7 min | 3.1% |
| SFO San Francisco | 1,025 | 83.1% | -3.3 min | 2.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Delta Air Lines flights were on time in January 2026?
76.9% of 79,198 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 75.3% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025 the carrier reported 76,306 flights with 78.3% on time and 2.8% cancelled, against 76.9% and 3.9% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.