Flight Reliability
DL 5196 · Delta Air Lines
Knoxville → Detroit (TYS–DTW)
87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 83%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 11 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.8%
- Cancelled
- 12 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 365 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Wednesday is the weak spot.
DL 5196 arrived on time 86% of the time on Saturdays. On Wednesdays: 78%.
Trending in the right direction.
DL 5196 arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon84%(51 flights)
- Tue85%(52 flights)
- Wed78%(51 flights)
- Thu79%(52 flights)
- Fri81%(52 flights)
- Sat86%(51 flights)
- Sun85%(53 flights)
90%
May
Jun 79% → May 90% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 79% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 77% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 84% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 87% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 87% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 63% | 30 |
| January 2026 | 77% | 30 |
| February 2026 | 82% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 84% | 31 |
| April 2026 | 90% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 90% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 83%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 362
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 365 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.