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Flight Reliability

DL 652 · Delta Air Lines

Seattle → Atlanta (SEAATL)92% of its flights flew this route. The rest (DFW–LGA, LGA–DFW) are included in these numbers.

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
3 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 380 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

DL 652 departing between 9 PM–12 AM arrived on time 81% of the time, versus 67% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DL 652 arrived on time 91% of the time on Saturdays and just 73% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

DL 652 arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 91% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(53 flights)
  • Tue85%(54 flights)
  • Wed82%(54 flights)
  • Thu74%(54 flights)
  • Fri73%(51 flights)
  • Sat91%(54 flights)
  • Sun77%(53 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM67%(15 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(14 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM81%(344 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 59% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202559%29
July 202552%31
August 202577%31
September 202580%30
October 202594%31
November 202593%29
December 202583%40
January 202694%35
February 202696%28
March 202664%28
April 202690%30
May 202684%31
Departures on time
78%
Diverted
0.3%
Flights flown
373
Months covered
12

Based on 380 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.