Flight Reliability
DL 2096 · Delta Air Lines
Los Angeles → New Orleans (LAX–MSY)88% of its flights flew this route. The rest (MSY–LAX, LGA–PBI) are included in these numbers.
- 80%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 7 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.9%
- Cancelled
- 5 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 333 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
The 3–6 PM departure wins.
DL 2096 departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 64% between 6–9 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DL 2096 arrived on time 91% of the time on Wednesdays and just 70% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Recent months have been rougher.
DL 2096 arrived on time 69% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon72%(53 flights)
- Tue80%(44 flights)
- Wed91%(44 flights)
- Thu84%(50 flights)
- Fri80%(50 flights)
- Sat89%(36 flights)
- Sun70%(50 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM81%(67 flights)
- 12–3 PM81%(196 flights)
- 3–6 PM82%(50 flights)
- 6–9 PM64%(14 flights)
Jun 88% → May 63% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 88% | 32 |
| July 2025 | 92% | 39 |
| August 2025 | 85% | 33 |
| September 2025 | 80% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 82% | 28 |
| November 2025 | 80% | 25 |
| December 2025 | 76% | 29 |
| January 2026 | 100% | 13 |
| February 2026 | 71% | 14 |
| March 2026 | 60% | 20 |
| April 2026 | 85% | 26 |
| May 2026 | 63% | 38 |
- Departures on time
- 82%
- Diverted
- 0.9%
- Flights flown
- 327
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
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Based on 333 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.