Delta Air Lines in February 2026

81.4%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 February 2026, Delta Air Lines (DL) reported 74,200 scheduled domestic flights. 81.4% arrived on time, 2.1% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 78.3% on time and 2.3% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 3.1 points above the combined figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, it reported 71,333 flights with 79.7% on time: a change of +1.7 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 81.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.3%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by Delta Air Lines in February 2026.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	DL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Feb 2026
Arrived on time	81.4%	79.7%	79.9%	78.3%
Departed on time	81.8%	80.1%	80.6%	78.1%
Cancelled	2.1%	0.2%	1.7%	2.3%
Average arrival delay	0.3 min	3.9 min	3.9 min	4.3 min
Scheduled flights a day	2,473	2,378	2,846	17,168
Scheduled flights	74,200	71,333	1,038,644	515,037

143 airports and 912 routes had DL flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ATL Atlanta	17,356	80.6%	2.9 min	1.2%
DTW Detroit	4,291	80.0%	-1.1 min	1.3%
MSP Minneapolis	4,229	80.0%	-0.2 min	1.2%
SLC Salt Lake City	4,110	83.9%	-0.8 min	1.2%
LAX Los Angeles	2,633	79.4%	4.3 min	1.6%
SEA Seattle	2,233	80.3%	0.5 min	1.4%
JFK New York	2,188	71.0%	-0.1 min	8.0%
LGA New York	2,172	76.3%	-3.4 min	7.6%
BOS Boston	1,795	71.4%	4.0 min	6.5%
MCO Orlando	1,737	72.4%	14.4 min	2.2%
LAS Las Vegas	1,190	86.5%	-3.1 min	1.8%
TPA Tampa	1,096	79.5%	2.6 min	2.2%
FLL Fort Lauderdale	1,093	72.8%	13.2 min	2.9%
MIA Miami	980	71.0%	11.4 min	3.3%
SFO San Francisco	966	82.9%	-4.6 min	2.3%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	50.2%	38.2%	399,466
Late-arriving aircraft	26.5%	37.2%	210,864
National Aviation System	18.8%	18.5%	149,772
Extreme weather	4.3%	6.0%	34,498
Security	0.1%	0.2%	828

795,428 delay minutes on 12,130 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

What share of Delta Air Lines flights were on time in February 2026?

81.4% of 74,200 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.3% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025 the carrier reported 71,333 flights with 79.7% on time and 0.2% cancelled, against 81.4% and 2.1% in February 2026.

Provenance

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