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Flight Reliability

DL 2896 · Delta Air Lines

Boston → Detroit (BOS–DTW)

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
57%
Arrive within 15 minutes
20 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
6 min
Median arrival delay

Based on 238 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Thursday is the weak spot.

DL 2896 arrived on time 63% of the time on Sundays. On Thursdays: 53%.

Well behind the BOS–DTW route.

DL 2896 arrived on time 57% of the time, versus 78% across the BOS–DTW route.

Well behind the Delta Air Lines network.

DL 2896 arrived on time 57% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.

Trending in the right direction.

DL 2896 arrived on time 60% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 51% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon59%(39 flights)
  • Tue57%(35 flights)
  • Wed54%(35 flights)
  • Thu53%(38 flights)
  • Fri58%(40 flights)
  • Sat—(4 flights)
  • Sun63%(41 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 PM58%(174 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM55%(58 flights)
On-time trend by month
58%
May

Jun 54% → May 58% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202554%24
July 202544%23
August 202574%19
September 202559%17
October 202544%23
November 202565%17
December 202546%26
March 202665%20
April 202658%26
May 202658%24
Departures on time
54%
Diverted
0.4%
Flights flown
232
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 238 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.