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DL 471 · Delta Air Lines

Los Angeles → Atlanta (LAX–ATL)99% of its flights flew this route. The rest (DTW–FLL, FLL–DTW) are included in these numbers.

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
7 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 307 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Mondays have been rough.

DL 471 arrived on time 97% of the time on Wednesdays and just 71% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the LAX–ATL route.

DL 471 arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 77% across the LAX–ATL route.

Slipping a little lately.

DL 471 arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(52 flights)
  • Tue88%(34 flights)
  • Wed97%(36 flights)
  • Thu84%(51 flights)
  • Fri84%(50 flights)
  • Sat77%(34 flights)
  • Sun83%(48 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM—(1 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(1 flights)
  • 3–6 PM83%(303 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 60% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202560%30
July 202577%31
August 202584%31
September 202593%30
October 202597%30
November 202582%27
December 202587%30
January 202683%18
February 202693%14
March 202667%18
April 202694%17
May 202683%29
Departures on time
79%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
305
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 307 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.