Flight Reliability
DL 2498 · Delta Air Lines
Atlanta → Newark (ATL–EWR)
41
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WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 55%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 34 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.6%
- Cancelled
- 12 min
- Median arrival delay
Based on 347 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Thursdays have been rough.
DL 2498 arrived on time 68% of the time on Saturdays and just 41% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Well behind the ATL–EWR route.
DL 2498 arrived on time 55% of the time, versus 73% across the ATL–EWR route.
Well behind the Delta Air Lines network.
DL 2498 arrived on time 55% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.
Trending in the right direction.
DL 2498 arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 54% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon60%(50 flights)
- Tue52%(52 flights)
- Wed57%(51 flights)
- Thu41%(51 flights)
- Fri60%(50 flights)
- Sat68%(34 flights)
- Sun52%(50 flights)
68%
May
Jun 44% → May 68% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 44% | 27 |
| July 2025 | 38% | 29 |
| August 2025 | 54% | 28 |
| September 2025 | 62% | 26 |
| October 2025 | 44% | 27 |
| November 2025 | 50% | 26 |
| December 2025 | 32% | 28 |
| January 2026 | 60% | 30 |
| February 2026 | 69% | 26 |
| March 2026 | 53% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 83% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 68% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 64%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 338
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 347 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.