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Flight Reliability

DL 2166 · Delta Air Lines

San Francisco → Salt Lake City (SFOSLC)81% of its flights flew this route. The rest (LAX–BOS, CLT–MSP) are included in these numbers.

89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
9 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 168 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

6–9 PM has a slight edge.

Departures between 6–9 PM arrived on time 82% of the time, against 78% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DL 2166 arrived on time 92% of the time on Tuesdays and just 67% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 168 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Slipping a little lately.

DL 2166 arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon67%(27 flights)
  • Tue92%(26 flights)
  • Wed92%(26 flights)
  • Thu82%(27 flights)
  • Fri67%(27 flights)
  • Sat(6 flights)
  • Sun86%(29 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 PM78%(32 flights)
  • 6–9 PM82%(136 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 72% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%25
July 202583%23
August 202575%20
September 202594%17
October 202587%23
November 202583%18
December 202577%17
May 202680%25
Departures on time
79%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
168
Months covered
8

Based on 168 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.