Flight Reliability
DL 2081 · Delta Air Lines
Minneapolis → Santa Ana (MSP–SNA)
80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 76%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 9 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.5%
- Cancelled
- 1 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 218 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DL 2081 arrived on time 86% of the time on Mondays and just 66% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit ahead of the MSP–SNA route.
DL 2081 arrived on time 76% of the time, versus 70% across the MSP–SNA route.
A bit behind the Delta Air Lines network.
DL 2081 arrived on time 76% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.
Trending in the right direction.
DL 2081 arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 54% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon86%(49 flights)
- Tue—(0 flights)
- Wed75%(28 flights)
- Thu75%(48 flights)
- Fri76%(46 flights)
- Sat—(1 flights)
- Sun66%(44 flights)
82%
May
Jun 78% → May 82% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 78% | 18 |
| July 2025 | 81% | 21 |
| August 2025 | 76% | 21 |
| September 2025 | 91% | 21 |
| October 2025 | 73% | 22 |
| November 2025 | 71% | 21 |
| December 2025 | 43% | 14 |
| January 2026 | 62% | 13 |
| February 2026 | 57% | 14 |
| March 2026 | 88% | 17 |
| April 2026 | 88% | 17 |
| May 2026 | 82% | 17 |
- Departures on time
- 84%
- Diverted
- 0.5%
- Flights flown
- 216
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 218 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.