Flight Reliability
DL 2162 · Delta Air Lines
Birmingham → Atlanta (BHM–ATL)
96
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 95%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 10 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 1.8%
- Cancelled
- 16 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 330 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Friday comes out ahead.
A small edge: 98% on time on Fridays against 93% on Sundays.
A bit ahead of the BHM–ATL route.
DL 2162 arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 88% across the BHM–ATL route.
Better than the Delta Air Lines network average.
DL 2162 arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.
Ticking up lately.
DL 2162 arrived on time 96% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 92% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon94%(48 flights)
- Tue94%(49 flights)
- Wed94%(48 flights)
- Thu96%(47 flights)
- Fri98%(48 flights)
- Sat97%(39 flights)
- Sun93%(45 flights)
97%
Apr
Jun 93% → Apr 97% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 93% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 100% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 97% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 100% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 97% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 90% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 97% | 30 |
| January 2026 | 90% | 29 |
| February 2026 | 100% | 20 |
| March 2026 | 90% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 97% | 29 |
- Departures on time
- 95%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 324
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 330 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.