Flight Reliability
DL 893 · Delta Air Lines
Dallas–Fort Worth → Atlanta (DFW–ATL)
90
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 91%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 4 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 2.2%
- Cancelled
- 13 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 365 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Skip Monday if you can.
DL 893 arrived on time 98% of the time on Fridays. On Mondays: 86%.
Well ahead of the DFW–ATL route.
DL 893 arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 76% across the DFW–ATL route.
Better than the Delta Air Lines network average.
DL 893 arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.
Recent months have been rougher.
DL 893 arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 95% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon86%(51 flights)
- Tue90%(51 flights)
- Wed92%(52 flights)
- Thu94%(52 flights)
- Fri98%(52 flights)
- Sat88%(49 flights)
- Sun88%(50 flights)
84%
May
Jun 90% → May 84% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 90% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 97% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 87% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 97% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 93% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 97% | 30 |
| January 2026 | 89% | 28 |
| February 2026 | 100% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 93% | 29 |
| April 2026 | 77% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 84% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 90%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 357
- 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.