Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL1078
New York (LGA) to Detroit (DTW) · scheduled 9:30 AM – 11:45 AM
How DL1078 performs
751 operations, 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30.
DL1078 arrived on time 88.7% of the time, against 81.0% for all LGA → DTW flights — this specific departure is 7.7 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 7.4 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 751 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL1078 | 88.7% | 1.20% | -13 min | 2.8% | 751 |
| Delta Air Lines on LGA → DTW | 81.3% | 1.94% | -11 min | 8.0% | 5,931 |
| All LGA → DTW flights | 81.0% | 2.93% | -11 min | 8.3% | 12,232 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30
Other routes DL1078 has flown
A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| LGA→MCI New York to Kansas City | 2025-02-16 – 2025-02-16 | 1 | — |
| MSP→RDU Minneapolis to Raleigh–Durham | 2024-05-07 – 2024-06-06 | 26 | — |
| RDU→MSP Raleigh–Durham to Minneapolis | 2024-05-07 – 2024-06-06 | 26 | — |
| MKE→MSP Milwaukee to Minneapolis | 2024-04-09 – 2024-05-06 | 28 | — |
| MSP→MKE Minneapolis to Milwaukee | 2024-04-09 – 2024-05-06 | 28 | — |
| MCO→RDU Orlando to Raleigh–Durham | 2023-07-01 – 2024-04-08 | 131 | 69.8% |
| RDU→MCO Raleigh–Durham to Orlando | 2023-07-01 – 2024-04-08 | 73 | — |
| HRL→MSP Harlingen to Minneapolis | 2024-01-08 – 2024-03-09 | 62 | — |
| MSP→HRL Minneapolis to Harlingen | 2024-01-08 – 2024-03-09 | 62 | — |
| BOS→LGA Boston to New York | 2023-12-17 – 2024-01-07 | 7 | — |
| MSP→JFK Minneapolis to New York | 2023-12-30 – 2024-01-06 | 2 | — |
| DTW→MCO Detroit to Orlando | 2023-12-23 – 2023-12-29 | 3 | — |
| ATL→GSO Atlanta to Greensboro | 2023-10-17 – 2023-10-18 | 2 | — |
| BOS→DTW Boston to Detroit | 2023-09-12 – 2023-10-04 | 8 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL1078 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 751 records of DL1078 operating LGA → DTW, 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.