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DL 2894 · Delta Air Lines

Chicago → New York (ORD–LGA)82% of its flights flew this route. The rest (ATL–ORD, LGA–ORD) are included in these numbers.

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
65%
Arrive within 15 minutes
24 min
Average arrival delay
2.8%
Cancelled
0 min
Median arrival delay

Based on 215 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DL 2894 departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 44% between 6–9 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

DL 2894 arrived on time 86% of the time on Saturdays and just 52% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Well behind the Delta Air Lines network.

DL 2894 arrived on time 65% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.

Recent months have been rougher.

DL 2894 arrived on time 48% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 68% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon58%(31 flights)
  • Tue61%(33 flights)
  • Wed63%(32 flights)
  • Thu52%(29 flights)
  • Fri82%(28 flights)
  • Sat86%(21 flights)
  • Sun61%(31 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(10 flights)
  • 12–3 PM64%(163 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(9 flights)
  • 6–9 PM44%(23 flights)
On-time trend by month
67%
May

Jun 69% → May 67% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%29
July 202576%29
August 202568%28
September 202572%25
October 202580%25
November 202552%23
December 202536%14
April 202641%17
May 202667%15
Departures on time
65%
Diverted
1.9%
Flights flown
205
Months covered
9

Same route, other flights

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Based on 215 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.