Flight Reliability
DL 885 · Delta Air Lines
Salt Lake City → Atlanta (SLC–ATL)
87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 83%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 7 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
Saturdays have been rough.
DL 885 arrived on time 92% of the time on Wednesdays and just 77% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit behind the SLC–ATL route.
DL 885 arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 87% across the SLC–ATL route.
Ticking up lately.
DL 885 arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon87%(52 flights)
- Tue85%(52 flights)
- Wed92%(51 flights)
- Thu85%(52 flights)
- Fri80%(51 flights)
- Sat77%(51 flights)
- Sun79%(52 flights)
68%
May
Jun 77% → May 68% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 77% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 84% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 87% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 93% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 81% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 86% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 77% | 31 |
| January 2026 | 77% | 31 |
| February 2026 | 85% | 27 |
| March 2026 | 93% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 93% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 68% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 83%
- 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.