Flight Reliability
DL 2997 · Delta Air Lines
Atlanta → Sarasota (ATL–SRQ)
76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 78%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 8 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.5%
- Cancelled
- 5 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 357 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Friday is doing you no favors.
DL 2997 arrived on time 84% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 70%.
A bit behind the Delta Air Lines network.
DL 2997 arrived on time 78% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.
Ticking up lately.
DL 2997 arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon80%(51 flights)
- Tue84%(49 flights)
- Wed80%(49 flights)
- Thu76%(50 flights)
- Fri70%(47 flights)
- Sat80%(51 flights)
- Sun73%(51 flights)
- 6–9 PM—(4 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM78%(344 flights)
80%
May
Jun 59% → May 80% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 59% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 73% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 73% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 93% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 90% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 81% | 26 |
| December 2025 | 71% | 24 |
| January 2026 | 70% | 30 |
| February 2026 | 79% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 77% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 83% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 80% | 30 |
- Departures on time
- 76%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 348
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 357 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.