Flight Reliability
DL 4296 · Delta Air Lines
XWA → Minneapolis (XWA–MSP)
75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 81%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 24 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.6%
- Cancelled
- 8 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 365 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Saturday comes out ahead.
A small edge: 84% on time on Saturdays against 78% on Fridays.
Trending in the right direction.
DL 4296 arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 67% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon82%(51 flights)
- Tue81%(52 flights)
- Wed83%(52 flights)
- Thu79%(52 flights)
- Fri78%(50 flights)
- Sat84%(51 flights)
- Sun78%(51 flights)
- 3–6 AM81%(199 flights)
- 6–9 AM81%(159 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM—(1 flights)
90%
May
Jun 87% → May 90% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 87% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 81% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 77% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 93% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 94% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 83% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 61% | 31 |
| January 2026 | 68% | 28 |
| February 2026 | 71% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 82% | 28 |
| April 2026 | 80% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 90% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 86%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 359
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 365 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.