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Flight Reliability

DL 2296 · Delta Air Lines

Detroit → Fort Lauderdale (DTW–FLL)

57
A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
64%
Arrive within 15 minutes
27 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
1 min
Median arrival delay

Based on 335 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 64% of the time, against 61% between 6–9 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DL 2296 arrived on time 75% of the time on Wednesdays and just 57% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Lagging the DTW–FLL route.

DL 2296 arrived on time 64% of the time, versus 73% across the DTW–FLL route.

Well behind the Delta Air Lines network.

DL 2296 arrived on time 64% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon63%(49 flights)
  • Tue63%(43 flights)
  • Wed75%(44 flights)
  • Thu67%(51 flights)
  • Fri57%(51 flights)
  • Sat63%(41 flights)
  • Sun59%(51 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM61%(18 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(4 flights)
  • 6–9 PM64%(308 flights)
On-time trend by month
55%
May

Jun 75% → May 55% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%28
July 202548%29
August 202562%21
September 202582%17
October 202596%28
November 202569%29
December 202547%30
January 202647%30
February 202668%28
March 202652%29
April 202673%30
May 202655%31
Departures on time
67%
Diverted
0.3%
Flights flown
330
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 335 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.