Flight Reliability
DL 2838 · Delta Air Lines
Cleveland → Atlanta (CLE–ATL)
91
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 93%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 8 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 1.9%
- Cancelled
- 14 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 323 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DL 2838 arrived on time 96% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 88%.
A bit ahead of the CLE–ATL route.
DL 2838 arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 86% across the CLE–ATL route.
Better than the Delta Air Lines network average.
DL 2838 arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.
Trending in the right direction.
DL 2838 arrived on time 98% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon93%(45 flights)
- Tue91%(45 flights)
- Wed96%(47 flights)
- Thu96%(47 flights)
- Fri96%(45 flights)
- Sat88%(43 flights)
- Sun88%(43 flights)
97%
Apr
Jun 90% → Apr 97% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 90% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 97% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 97% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 93% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 94% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 93% | 27 |
| December 2025 | 83% | 18 |
| January 2026 | 76% | 25 |
| February 2026 | 96% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 100% | 29 |
| April 2026 | 97% | 30 |
- Departures on time
- 93%
- Diverted
- 0.6%
- Flights flown
- 315
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 323 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.