Flight Reliability
DL 3038 · Delta Air Lines
CAE → Atlanta (CAE–ATL)
93
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 95%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 8 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 2.1%
- Cancelled
- 16 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 334 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Friday has been the better bet.
A small edge: 98% on time on Fridays against 92% on Tuesdays.
Better than the CAE–ATL route average.
DL 3038 arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 87% across the CAE–ATL route.
Better than the Delta Air Lines network average.
DL 3038 arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.
Slipping a little lately.
DL 3038 arrived on time 93% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 97% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon98%(46 flights)
- Tue92%(47 flights)
- Wed96%(47 flights)
- Thu96%(48 flights)
- Fri98%(47 flights)
- Sat93%(45 flights)
- Sun94%(46 flights)
- 3–6 AM95%(318 flights)
- 6–9 AM—(8 flights)
87%
May
Jun 93% → May 87% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 93% | 28 |
| July 2025 | 97% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 94% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 100% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 100% | 26 |
| November 2025 | 86% | 22 |
| December 2025 | 95% | 20 |
| January 2026 | 100% | 25 |
| February 2026 | 96% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 96% | 27 |
| April 2026 | 97% | 29 |
| May 2026 | 87% | 30 |
- Departures on time
- 92%
- Diverted
- 0.3%
- Flights flown
- 326
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 334 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.