Flight Reliability
DL 2881 · Delta Air Lines
Atlanta → Orlando (ATL–MCO)
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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 59%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 26 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.3%
- Cancelled
- 8 min
- Median arrival delay
Based on 341 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DL 2881 arrived on time 67% of the time on Tuesdays and just 39% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Lagging the ATL–MCO route.
DL 2881 arrived on time 59% of the time, versus 70% across the ATL–MCO route.
Well behind the Delta Air Lines network.
DL 2881 arrived on time 59% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.
It basically never cancels.
Out of 341 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.
The breakdown
- Mon58%(52 flights)
- Tue67%(46 flights)
- Wed66%(47 flights)
- Thu65%(52 flights)
- Fri61%(51 flights)
- Sat57%(37 flights)
- Sun39%(52 flights)
58%
May
Jun 33% → May 58% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 33% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 33% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 40% | 25 |
| September 2025 | 76% | 21 |
| October 2025 | 66% | 29 |
| November 2025 | 79% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 61% | 31 |
| January 2026 | 75% | 28 |
| February 2026 | 78% | 23 |
| March 2026 | 43% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 70% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 58% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 63%
- Diverted
- 0.9%
- Flights flown
- 337
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 341 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.