Flight Reliability
DL 1476 · Delta Air Lines
Minneapolis → Detroit (MSP–DTW)
88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 82%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 3 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.3%
- Cancelled
- 8 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 360 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Saturdays have been rough.
DL 1476 arrived on time 90% of the time on Tuesdays and just 75% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.
It basically never cancels.
Out of 360 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.
Ticking up lately.
DL 1476 arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 71% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon78%(51 flights)
- Tue90%(51 flights)
- Wed82%(51 flights)
- Thu85%(52 flights)
- Fri82%(51 flights)
- Sat75%(52 flights)
- Sun78%(51 flights)
- 12–3 PM—(3 flights)
- 3–6 PM82%(356 flights)
87%
May
Jun 89% → May 87% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 89% | 28 |
| July 2025 | 79% | 28 |
| August 2025 | 90% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 97% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 94% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 83% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 71% | 31 |
| January 2026 | 71% | 31 |
| February 2026 | 71% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 73% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 73% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 87% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 81%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 359
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 360 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.