Flight Reliability
DL 5443 · Delta Air Lines
Atlanta → VLD (ATL–VLD)
76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 76%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 12 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.4%
- Cancelled
- 7 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 365 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Tuesday has been the better bet.
A small edge: 79% on time on Tuesdays against 74% on Fridays.
A bit behind the Delta Air Lines network.
DL 5443 arrived on time 76% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.
Recent months have been rougher.
DL 5443 arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon78%(51 flights)
- Tue79%(52 flights)
- Wed78%(51 flights)
- Thu75%(51 flights)
- Fri74%(50 flights)
- Sat75%(51 flights)
- Sun75%(52 flights)
- 6–9 PM77%(353 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM—(5 flights)
68%
May
Jun 45% → May 68% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 45% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 63% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 65% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 83% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 87% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 76% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 87% | 30 |
| January 2026 | 87% | 30 |
| February 2026 | 89% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 83% | 29 |
| April 2026 | 83% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 68% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 77%
- Diverted
- 0.5%
- Flights flown
- 358
- 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.