Flight Reliability
DL 782 · Delta Air Lines
Los Angeles → Atlanta (LAX–ATL)
85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 83%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 2 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.1%
- Cancelled
- 4 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 365 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DL 782 arrived on time 94% of the time on Thursdays and just 74% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit ahead of the LAX–ATL route.
DL 782 arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 77% across the LAX–ATL route.
Slipping a little lately.
DL 782 arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon83%(52 flights)
- Tue84%(51 flights)
- Wed77%(52 flights)
- Thu94%(52 flights)
- Fri82%(51 flights)
- Sat84%(49 flights)
- Sun74%(53 flights)
- 6–9 AM83%(345 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM80%(15 flights)
77%
May
Jun 79% → May 77% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 79% | 28 |
| July 2025 | 94% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 93% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 87% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 73% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 81% | 31 |
| January 2026 | 77% | 30 |
| February 2026 | 89% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 60% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 90% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 77% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 88%
- Diverted
- 0.3%
- Flights flown
- 360
- 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.