Flight Reliability
DL 883 · Delta Air Lines
Detroit → Los Angeles (DTW–LAX)
84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 78%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 6 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.3%
- Cancelled
- 4 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 335 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
3–6 PM has a slight edge.
Departures between 3–6 PM arrived on time 80% of the time, against 74% between 6–9 PM.
Saturdays have been rough.
DL 883 arrived on time 86% of the time on Wednesdays and just 68% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit behind the Delta Air Lines network.
DL 883 arrived on time 78% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.
It basically never cancels.
Out of 335 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.
The breakdown
- Mon69%(51 flights)
- Tue81%(42 flights)
- Wed86%(43 flights)
- Thu80%(50 flights)
- Fri79%(52 flights)
- Sat68%(44 flights)
- Sun81%(52 flights)
- 3–6 PM80%(193 flights)
- 6–9 PM74%(141 flights)
81%
May
Jun 90% → May 81% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 90% | 19 |
| July 2025 | 77% | 17 |
| August 2025 | 85% | 27 |
| September 2025 | 83% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 74% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 76% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 65% | 31 |
| January 2026 | 68% | 31 |
| February 2026 | 89% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 80% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 70% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 81% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 77%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 334
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 335 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.