Flight Reliability
DL 2809 · Delta Air Lines
Minneapolis → San Francisco (MSP–SFO)89% of its flights flew this route. The rest (SFO–SEA, PHL–SLC) are included in these numbers.
- 73%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 13 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.6%
- Cancelled
- 0 min
- Median arrival delay
Based on 174 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
DL 2809 departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 71% between 6–9 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DL 2809 arrived on time 92% of the time on Tuesdays and just 56% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Lagging the Delta Air Lines network.
DL 2809 arrived on time 73% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.
Trending in the right direction.
DL 2809 arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 61% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon74%(23 flights)
- Tue92%(24 flights)
- Wed79%(24 flights)
- Thu67%(24 flights)
- Fri75%(24 flights)
- Sat69%(29 flights)
- Sun56%(25 flights)
- 3–6 AM88%(16 flights)
- 3–6 PM—(1 flights)
- 6–9 PM71%(156 flights)
Jun 57% → Dec 83% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 57% | 23 |
| July 2025 | 58% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 68% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 93% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 71% | 31 |
| December 2025 | 83% | 12 |
- Departures on time
- 75%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 173
- Months covered
- 10
Same route, other flights
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Based on 174 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.