Flight Reliability
DL 1268 · Delta Air Lines
Atlanta → Milwaukee (ATL–MKE)
80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 80%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 8 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.6%
- Cancelled
- 5 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 365 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Mondays have been rough.
DL 1268 arrived on time 88% of the time on Tuesdays and just 69% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit behind the ATL–MKE route.
DL 1268 arrived on time 80% of the time, versus 84% across the ATL–MKE route.
Recent months have been rougher.
DL 1268 arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 89% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon69%(52 flights)
- Tue88%(51 flights)
- Wed87%(52 flights)
- Thu79%(52 flights)
- Fri80%(51 flights)
- Sat86%(50 flights)
- Sun74%(49 flights)
77%
May
Jun 55% → May 77% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 55% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 68% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 73% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 93% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 87% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 86% | 28 |
| December 2025 | 74% | 31 |
| January 2026 | 97% | 30 |
| February 2026 | 96% | 27 |
| March 2026 | 73% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 86% | 29 |
| May 2026 | 77% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 84%
- Diverted
- 0.5%
- Flights flown
- 357
- 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.