Flight Reliability
DL 2602 · Delta Air Lines
Detroit → New York (DTW–LGA)
70
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 75%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 13 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.5%
- Cancelled
- 4 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 364 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Friday is doing you no favors.
DL 2602 arrived on time 84% of the time on Wednesdays and just 65% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit behind the Delta Air Lines network.
DL 2602 arrived on time 75% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.
Slipping a little lately.
DL 2602 arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon72%(50 flights)
- Tue81%(52 flights)
- Wed84%(51 flights)
- Thu78%(51 flights)
- Fri65%(49 flights)
- Sat75%(51 flights)
- Sun68%(50 flights)
- 12–3 PM75%(338 flights)
- 3–6 PM75%(16 flights)
68%
May
Jun 63% → May 68% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 63% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 68% | 28 |
| August 2025 | 83% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 87% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 84% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 59% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 72% | 29 |
| January 2026 | 80% | 30 |
| February 2026 | 85% | 26 |
| March 2026 | 77% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 73% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 68% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 75%
- Diverted
- 0.3%
- Flights flown
- 354
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 364 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.