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Flight Reliability

DL 1396 · Delta Air Lines

Little Rock → Atlanta (LIT–ATL)

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
93%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min early
Average arrival delay
2.6%
Cancelled
14 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 347 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Mondays have been rough.

DL 1396 arrived on time 100% of the time on Saturdays and just 78% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the LIT–ATL route.

DL 1396 arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 88% across the LIT–ATL route.

Better than the Delta Air Lines network average.

DL 1396 arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.

Ticking up lately.

DL 1396 arrived on time 96% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 89% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(50 flights)
  • Tue94%(50 flights)
  • Wed94%(50 flights)
  • Thu94%(49 flights)
  • Fri96%(48 flights)
  • Sat100%(45 flights)
  • Sun96%(46 flights)
On-time trend by month
94%
May

Jun 86% → May 94% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202586%28
July 202597%31
August 202594%31
September 2025100%30
October 2025100%31
November 202579%28
December 202579%19
January 202691%23
February 202696%28
March 202696%28
April 202697%30
May 202694%31
Departures on time
92%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
338
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 347 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.