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Flight Reliability

DL 5047 · Delta Air Lines

This number covered several routes in this period.

One number, several routes.

Airlines reuse flight numbers, and DL 5047 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

65%
Arrive within 15 minutes
25 min
Average arrival delay
9.6%
Cancelled
3 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 560 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon65%(80 flights)
  • Tue69%(87 flights)
  • Wed67%(76 flights)
  • Thu58%(73 flights)
  • Fri61%(88 flights)
  • Sat57%(23 flights)
  • Sun71%(77 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM83%(24 flights)
  • 3–6 PM63%(235 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(245 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 56% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202556%45
July 202540%45
August 202581%52
September 202586%51
October 202563%49
November 202560%45
December 202552%48
January 202678%27
February 202679%34
March 202655%47
April 202658%33
May 202679%28
Departures on time
67%
Diverted
0.4%
Flights flown
504
Months covered
12

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Based on 560 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.