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Flight Reliability

DL 2796 · Delta Air Lines

Salt Lake City → Dallas–Fort Worth (SLC–DFW)

69
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
16 min
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
6 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 365 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

DL 2796 departing between 6–9 PM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 75% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DL 2796 arrived on time 84% of the time on Tuesdays and just 66% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit behind the Delta Air Lines network.

DL 2796 arrived on time 76% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.

Recent months have been rougher.

DL 2796 arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(49 flights)
  • Tue84%(49 flights)
  • Wed76%(50 flights)
  • Thu77%(52 flights)
  • Fri73%(51 flights)
  • Sat80%(50 flights)
  • Sun66%(53 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 PM75%(279 flights)
  • 6–9 PM83%(75 flights)
On-time trend by month
60%
May

Jun 69% → May 60% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%29
July 202562%29
August 202552%31
September 202593%30
October 202571%31
November 202583%30
December 202593%30
January 202689%27
February 202682%28
March 202686%29
April 202677%30
May 202660%30
Departures on time
76%
Diverted
1.4%
Flights flown
354
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 365 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.