Flight Reliability
DL 446 · Delta Air Lines
Los Angeles → Atlanta (LAX–ATL)96% of its flights flew this route. The rest (MIA–BOS) are included in these numbers.
- 81%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 11 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.4%
- Cancelled
- 4 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 356 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
The 12–3 PM departure wins.
DL 446 departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 81% of the time, versus 69% between 6–9 AM.
Friday is doing you no favors.
DL 446 arrived on time 90% of the time on Sundays and just 73% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit ahead of the LAX–ATL route.
DL 446 arrived on time 81% of the time, versus 77% across the LAX–ATL route.
Slipping a little lately.
DL 446 arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon78%(49 flights)
- Tue82%(50 flights)
- Wed84%(50 flights)
- Thu82%(51 flights)
- Fri73%(48 flights)
- Sat76%(49 flights)
- Sun90%(52 flights)
- 6–9 AM69%(16 flights)
- 12–3 PM81%(333 flights)
Jun 60% → May 84% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 60% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 77% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 87% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 76% | 21 |
| October 2025 | 77% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 93% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 83% | 30 |
| January 2026 | 79% | 29 |
| February 2026 | 93% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 87% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 73% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 84% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 82%
- Diverted
- 0.6%
- Flights flown
- 349
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 356 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.