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Flight Reliability

DL 5452 · Delta Air Lines

Atlanta → MLU (ATL–MLU)

66
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
20 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
5 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 365 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

DL 5452 departing between 6–9 PM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 73% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Tuesdays have been rough.

DL 5452 arrived on time 86% of the time on Saturdays and just 65% on Tuesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Lagging the Delta Air Lines network.

DL 5452 arrived on time 74% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.

Slipping a little lately.

DL 5452 arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(51 flights)
  • Tue65%(52 flights)
  • Wed73%(51 flights)
  • Thu81%(52 flights)
  • Fri67%(49 flights)
  • Sat86%(50 flights)
  • Sun70%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 PM88%(16 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM73%(339 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 45% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202545%29
July 202555%31
August 202568%31
September 202587%30
October 202594%31
November 202586%28
December 202571%31
January 202685%27
February 202679%28
March 202675%28
April 202670%30
May 202674%31
Departures on time
73%
Diverted
0.3%
Flights flown
355
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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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.