Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL1216
Houston (IAH) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 6:00 AM – 7:58 AM
How DL1216 performs
932 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
DL1216 arrived on time 92.3% of the time, against 82.8% for all IAH → LAX flights — this specific departure is 9.5 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 4.5 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 932 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL1216 | 92.3% | 1.18% | -12 min | 3.3% | 932 |
| Delta Air Lines on IAH → LAX | 87.8% | 1.16% | -11 min | 5.0% | 1,977 |
| All IAH → LAX flights | 82.8% | 1.03% | -8 min | 5.9% | 16,077 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does DL1216 run worse on particular days?
Saturday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 3.1 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.
Other routes DL1216 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.
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL1216 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 932 records of DL1216 operating IAH → LAX, 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.