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Flight Reliability

DL 3898 · Delta Air Lines

This number covered several routes in this period.

One number, several routes.

Airlines reuse flight numbers, and DL 3898 moved between routes during this period. Numbers below combine all of them, so treat them as background, not a verdict. For a cleaner answer, check the route you are actually flying.

Combined across all its routes

80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
11 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 640 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(92 flights)
  • Tue87%(92 flights)
  • Wed87%(90 flights)
  • Thu79%(92 flights)
  • Fri79%(93 flights)
  • Sat81%(82 flights)
  • Sun70%(89 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(511 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(118 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 82% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%60
July 202580%60
August 202586%62
September 202585%60
October 202587%62
November 202591%53
December 202559%53
January 202669%62
February 202680%56
March 202621%14
April 202692%36
May 202690%52
Departures on time
81%
Diverted
0.2%
Flights flown
630
Months covered
12

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Based on 640 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.