Flight Reliability
DL 2840 · Delta Air Lines
Dallas–Fort Worth → Minneapolis (DFW–MSP)84% of its flights flew this route. The rest (SAV–ATL, SAT–LAX) are included in these numbers.
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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 79%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 14 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.5%
- Cancelled
- 3 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 219 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DL 2840 arrived on time 88% of the time on Mondays and just 61% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit ahead of the DFW–MSP route.
DL 2840 arrived on time 79% of the time, versus 75% across the DFW–MSP route.
Recent months have been rougher.
DL 2840 arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon88%(33 flights)
- Tue85%(33 flights)
- Wed85%(33 flights)
- Thu84%(32 flights)
- Fri69%(32 flights)
- Sat79%(24 flights)
- Sun61%(31 flights)
82%
Feb
Jun 77% → Feb 82% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 77% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 82% | 28 |
| August 2025 | 80% | 25 |
| September 2025 | 86% | 29 |
| October 2025 | 77% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 87% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 63% | 19 |
| January 2026 | 75% | 12 |
| February 2026 | 82% | 11 |
- Departures on time
- 79%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 218
- Months covered
- 11
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 219 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.