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Flight Reliability

DL 460 · Delta Air Lines

Atlanta → New York (ATLLGA)97% of its flights flew this route. The rest (DTW–TVC, TVC–DTW) are included in these numbers.

69
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
2.0%
Cancelled
5 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 342 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DL 460 arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays and just 64% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Lagging the Delta Air Lines network.

DL 460 arrived on time 74% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.

Trending in the right direction.

DL 460 arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 70% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon69%(51 flights)
  • Tue81%(52 flights)
  • Wed83%(52 flights)
  • Thu70%(50 flights)
  • Fri82%(50 flights)
  • Sat66%(29 flights)
  • Sun64%(47 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM(1 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(320 flights)
  • 3–6 PM(5 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(5 flights)
On-time trend by month
71%
May

Jun 58% → May 71% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202558%26
July 202558%33
August 202585%33
September 202597%29
October 202582%28
November 202564%25
December 202552%27
January 202684%25
February 202673%22
March 202682%27
April 202682%28
May 202671%28
Departures on time
71%
Diverted
1.2%
Flights flown
331
Months covered
12

Based on 342 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.