Flight Reliability
DL 1261 · Delta Air Lines
Miami → Atlanta (MIA–ATL)
94
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 90%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 5 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.1%
- Cancelled
- 9 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 365 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DL 1261 arrived on time 96% of the time on Fridays. On Sundays: 83%.
Well ahead of the MIA–ATL route.
DL 1261 arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 73% across the MIA–ATL route.
Better than the Delta Air Lines network average.
DL 1261 arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.
Ticking up lately.
DL 1261 arrived on time 95% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 89% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon88%(51 flights)
- Tue92%(51 flights)
- Wed92%(52 flights)
- Thu90%(52 flights)
- Fri96%(50 flights)
- Sat89%(52 flights)
- Sun83%(53 flights)
97%
May
Jun 72% → May 97% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 72% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 80% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 100% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 87% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 100% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 84% | 31 |
| January 2026 | 90% | 31 |
| February 2026 | 93% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 100% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 87% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 97% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 91%
- Diverted
- 0%
- 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.