Flight Reliability
DL 802 · Delta Air Lines
Los Angeles → Detroit (LAX–DTW)
84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 80%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 5 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.8%
- Cancelled
- 5 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 365 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Friday is doing you no favors.
DL 802 arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 75%.
Trending in the right direction.
DL 802 arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 69% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon77%(51 flights)
- Tue85%(52 flights)
- Wed84%(51 flights)
- Thu77%(52 flights)
- Fri75%(52 flights)
- Sat82%(51 flights)
- Sun81%(52 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM80%(208 flights)
- 12–3 PM80%(153 flights)
77%
May
Jun 90% → May 77% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 90% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 90% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 74% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 97% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 84% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 90% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 80% | 30 |
| January 2026 | 67% | 30 |
| February 2026 | 61% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 71% | 31 |
| April 2026 | 80% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 77% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 80%
- Diverted
- 0.3%
- Flights flown
- 361
- 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.