Flight Reliability
DL 968 · Delta Air Lines
New York → Atlanta (LGA–ATL)
69
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 73%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 12 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.0%
- Cancelled
- 7 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 348 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Thursdays have been rough.
DL 968 arrived on time 88% of the time on Saturdays and just 64% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit behind the LGA–ATL route.
DL 968 arrived on time 73% of the time, versus 76% across the LGA–ATL route.
Lagging the Delta Air Lines network.
DL 968 arrived on time 73% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.
Recent months have been rougher.
DL 968 arrived on time 67% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon67%(51 flights)
- Tue75%(52 flights)
- Wed71%(51 flights)
- Thu64%(50 flights)
- Fri73%(51 flights)
- Sat88%(34 flights)
- Sun76%(50 flights)
58%
May
Jun 50% → May 58% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 50% | 24 |
| July 2025 | 42% | 26 |
| August 2025 | 89% | 28 |
| September 2025 | 87% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 77% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 69% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 77% | 30 |
| January 2026 | 90% | 30 |
| February 2026 | 81% | 26 |
| March 2026 | 74% | 31 |
| April 2026 | 68% | 28 |
| May 2026 | 58% | 26 |
- Departures on time
- 68%
- Diverted
- 0.6%
- Flights flown
- 339
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 348 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.