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Flight Reliability

DL 960 · Delta Air Lines

Los Angeles → New York (LAX–JFK)

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
11 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 364 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Thursday is the weak spot.

DL 960 arrived on time 89% of the time on Tuesdays. On Thursdays: 78%.

A bit ahead of the LAX–JFK route.

DL 960 arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 79% across the LAX–JFK route.

A bit ahead of the Delta Air Lines network.

DL 960 arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.

Slipping a little lately.

DL 960 arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 90% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon88%(51 flights)
  • Tue89%(52 flights)
  • Wed89%(52 flights)
  • Thu78%(51 flights)
  • Fri81%(52 flights)
  • Sat88%(50 flights)
  • Sun80%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 PM—(1 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM85%(357 flights)
On-time trend by month
94%
May

Jun 66% → May 94% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%29
July 202571%31
August 202584%31
September 202580%30
October 2025100%30
November 202583%30
December 202597%30
January 202686%29
February 202689%26
March 202681%31
April 202687%30
May 202694%31
Departures on time
73%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
358
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 364 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.