Flight Reliability
DL 5402 · Delta Air Lines
Des Moines → Minneapolis (DSM–MSP)
88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 86%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 10 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.4%
- Cancelled
- 9 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 360 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Saturdays have been rough.
DL 5402 arrived on time 92% of the time on Mondays and just 71% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit ahead of the DSM–MSP route.
DL 5402 arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 82% across the DSM–MSP route.
A bit ahead of the Delta Air Lines network.
DL 5402 arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.
Ticking up lately.
DL 5402 arrived on time 91% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon92%(51 flights)
- Tue82%(51 flights)
- Wed88%(50 flights)
- Thu88%(49 flights)
- Fri90%(51 flights)
- Sat71%(51 flights)
- Sun89%(52 flights)
90%
May
Jun 72% → May 90% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 72% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 90% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 81% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 87% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 87% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 82% | 28 |
| December 2025 | 89% | 26 |
| January 2026 | 87% | 30 |
| February 2026 | 79% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 93% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 90% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 90% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 88%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 355
- 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.