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Flight Reliability

DL 2055 · Delta Air Lines

Seattle → Chicago (SEAORD)81% of its flights flew this route. The rest (ORD–SEA) are included in these numbers.

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
5 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 370 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DL 2055 departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 67% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DL 2055 arrived on time 95% of the time on Wednesdays and just 74% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Better than the SEA–ORD route average.

DL 2055 arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 76% across the SEA–ORD route.

Trending in the right direction.

DL 2055 arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(59 flights)
  • Tue83%(58 flights)
  • Wed95%(59 flights)
  • Thu85%(58 flights)
  • Fri85%(58 flights)
  • Sat81%(21 flights)
  • Sun74%(53 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(286 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(10 flights)
  • 12–3 PM67%(70 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 91% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202591%35
July 202597%31
August 202585%27
September 202589%26
October 202589%27
November 202576%25
December 202566%38
January 202667%52
February 202687%45
March 202683%12
April 202688%17
May 202690%31
Departures on time
85%
Diverted
0.5%
Flights flown
366
Months covered
12

Based on 370 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.