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Flight Reliability

DL 974 · Delta Air Lines

New York → Atlanta (LGA–ATL)

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
2.3%
Cancelled
10 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 344 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

12–3 PM has a slight edge.

Departures between 12–3 PM arrived on time 80% of the time, against 76% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DL 974 arrived on time 88% of the time on Wednesdays and just 69% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit behind the Delta Air Lines network.

DL 974 arrived on time 77% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.

Ticking up lately.

DL 974 arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon73%(51 flights)
  • Tue77%(52 flights)
  • Wed88%(50 flights)
  • Thu77%(52 flights)
  • Fri78%(50 flights)
  • Sat80%(30 flights)
  • Sun69%(51 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM80%(88 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(248 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 54% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202554%26
July 202567%27
August 202586%28
September 202587%30
October 202581%31
November 202575%28
December 202569%26
January 202683%30
February 202677%26
March 202687%30
April 202682%28
May 202673%26
Departures on time
79%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
336
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 344 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.