Flight Reliability
DL 5096 · Delta Air Lines
Cincinnati → New York (CVG–JFK)96% of its flights flew this route. The rest (JFK–BUF) are included in these numbers.
- 82%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 5 min
- Average arrival delay
- 3.3%
- Cancelled
- 13 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 335 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
DL 5096 departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 40% between 9 PM–12 AM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DL 5096 arrived on time 89% of the time on Thursdays and just 74% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Keep a backup plan handy.
DL 5096 was cancelled 3.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.
Trending in the right direction.
DL 5096 arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 70% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon76%(45 flights)
- Tue85%(48 flights)
- Wed85%(47 flights)
- Thu89%(45 flights)
- Fri80%(46 flights)
- Sat85%(47 flights)
- Sun74%(46 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM84%(310 flights)
- 3–6 PM—(4 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM40%(10 flights)
Jun 86% → Apr 90% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 86% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 73% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 90% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 97% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 87% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 83% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 54% | 26 |
| January 2026 | 73% | 26 |
| February 2026 | 80% | 25 |
| March 2026 | 83% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 90% | 30 |
- Departures on time
- 80%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 324
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 335 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.