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Flight Reliability

DL 1049 · Delta Air Lines

Los Angeles → Denver (LAXDEN)82% of its flights flew this route. The rest (DTW–MKE, MKE–DTW) are included in these numbers.

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
16 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 289 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Mornings have a slight edge.

Departures between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 88% of the time, against 83% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DL 1049 arrived on time 93% of the time on Wednesdays and just 78% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Slipping a little lately.

DL 1049 arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 93% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon88%(40 flights)
  • Tue83%(42 flights)
  • Wed93%(45 flights)
  • Thu79%(43 flights)
  • Fri79%(38 flights)
  • Sat82%(34 flights)
  • Sun78%(41 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM84%(25 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(25 flights)
  • 6–9 PM83%(233 flights)
On-time trend by month
96%
Apr

Jun 83% → Apr 96% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%30
July 202552%27
August 202568%31
September 202597%30
October 202597%29
November 202586%28
December 202584%31
March 202683%40
April 202696%28
Departures on time
86%
Diverted
0.3%
Flights flown
283
Months covered
11

Based on 289 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.