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DL1040

Austin (AUS) to Detroit (DTW) · scheduled 5:30 AM – 9:24 AM

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How DL1040 performs

1,094 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
94.7%
1,025 of 1,082 completed
Cancellation rate
1.10%
12 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-13 min
Average -6.3 min
Severe delays
1.8%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
128 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
95.7%
Left the gate on time

DL1040 arrived on time 94.7% of the time, against 84.8% for all AUSDTW flights — this specific departure is 9.9 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 9.4 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,094 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL104094.7%1.10%-13 min1.8%1,094
Delta Air Lines on AUSDTW85.3%0.86%-10 min5.9%3,847
All AUSDTW flights84.8%0.88%-9 min6.1%3,957

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does DL1040 run worse on particular days?

Monday96.7%
Tuesday96.7%
Wednesday96.1%
Thursday95.5%
Friday92.9%
Saturday92.9%
Sunday92.2%

Monday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 4.5 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,094 records of DL1040 operating AUSDTW, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.

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