Flight Reliability
DL 5297 · Delta Air Lines
New York → Rochester (JFK–ROC)
48
Bring Snacks
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 73%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 8 min
- Average arrival delay
- 8.3%
- Cancelled
- 12 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 360 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Thursdays have been rough.
DL 5297 arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays and just 55% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Lagging the Delta Air Lines network.
DL 5297 arrived on time 73% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.
Keep a backup plan handy.
DL 5297 was cancelled 8.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.
Trending in the right direction.
DL 5297 arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 63% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon78%(49 flights)
- Tue82%(50 flights)
- Wed80%(46 flights)
- Thu55%(42 flights)
- Fri77%(48 flights)
- Sat81%(48 flights)
- Sun57%(47 flights)
80%
May
Jun 70% → May 80% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 70% | 23 |
| July 2025 | 74% | 23 |
| August 2025 | 77% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 90% | 29 |
| October 2025 | 83% | 30 |
| November 2025 | 74% | 27 |
| December 2025 | 50% | 26 |
| January 2026 | 75% | 28 |
| February 2026 | 64% | 25 |
| March 2026 | 66% | 29 |
| April 2026 | 72% | 29 |
| May 2026 | 80% | 30 |
- Departures on time
- 70%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 330
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 360 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.