Flight Reliability
DL 1048 · Delta Air Lines
Minneapolis → Atlanta (MSP–ATL)
86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 83%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 4 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.8%
- Cancelled
- 6 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 365 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Friday is doing you no favors.
DL 1048 arrived on time 89% of the time on Thursdays. On Fridays: 77%.
The breakdown
- Mon81%(52 flights)
- Tue77%(52 flights)
- Wed85%(52 flights)
- Thu89%(52 flights)
- Fri77%(51 flights)
- Sat86%(51 flights)
- Sun86%(51 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM—(1 flights)
- 12–3 PM83%(360 flights)
65%
May
Jun 86% → May 65% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 86% | 28 |
| July 2025 | 71% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 77% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 83% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 81% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 81% | 31 |
| January 2026 | 87% | 30 |
| February 2026 | 89% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 97% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 90% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 65% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 82%
- Diverted
- 0.3%
- Flights flown
- 361
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 365 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.