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Flight Reliability

DL 528 · Delta Air Lines

Los Angeles → Atlanta (LAXATL)90% of its flights flew this route. The rest (ATL–BZN, BZN–ATL) are included in these numbers.

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
1.8%
Cancelled
4 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 338 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

DL 528 departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 82% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DL 528 arrived on time 93% of the time on Wednesdays and just 74% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the LAX–ATL route.

DL 528 arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 77% across the LAX–ATL route.

Recent months have been rougher.

DL 528 arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 89% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon86%(43 flights)
  • Tue80%(44 flights)
  • Wed93%(42 flights)
  • Thu81%(43 flights)
  • Fri74%(42 flights)
  • Sat86%(57 flights)
  • Sun80%(59 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(311 flights)
  • 12–3 PM95%(19 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 63% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%30
July 202584%31
August 202583%30
September 202597%30
October 202590%30
November 202587%30
December 202572%29
January 202694%18
February 2026100%16
March 202669%26
April 202683%29
May 202681%31
Departures on time
85%
Diverted
0.6%
Flights flown
330
Months covered
12

Based on 338 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.