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Flight Reliability

DL 1858 · Delta Air Lines

Cincinnati → Atlanta (CVGATL)89% of its flights flew this route. The rest (SNA–DTW, ATL–CVG) are included in these numbers.

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
17 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
5 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 220 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DL 1858 arrived on time 84% of the time on Wednesdays and just 63% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Lagging the CVG–ATL route.

DL 1858 arrived on time 75% of the time, versus 87% across the CVG–ATL route.

A bit behind the Delta Air Lines network.

DL 1858 arrived on time 75% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.

Recent months have been rougher.

DL 1858 arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(33 flights)
  • Tue68%(31 flights)
  • Wed84%(32 flights)
  • Thu78%(32 flights)
  • Fri74%(31 flights)
  • Sat78%(27 flights)
  • Sun63%(32 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM75%(214 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(4 flights)
On-time trend by month
75%
Apr

Jun 57% → Apr 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202557%23
July 202573%30
August 202565%31
September 202593%30
October 202590%31
November 202580%30
December 202550%18
April 202675%16
Departures on time
71%
Diverted
0.5%
Flights flown
218
Months covered
9

Based on 220 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.