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DL1257

Atlanta (ATL) to Baltimore (BWI) · scheduled 6:59 PM – 8:43 PM

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How DL1257 performs

668 operations, 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
69.8%
457 of 655 completed
Cancellation rate
1.50%
10 cancelled
Median arrival delay
2 min
Average 20.1 min
Severe delays
13.3%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
75 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
72.6%
Left the gate on time

DL1257 arrived on time 69.8% of the time, against 75.9% for all ATLBWI flights — this specific departure is 6.2 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 8.3 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 668 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL125769.8%1.50%2 min13.3%668
Delta Air Lines on ATLBWI78.1%1.18%-2 min7.4%8,555
All ATLBWI flights75.9%1.47%-2 min8.4%17,650

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Other routes DL1257 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.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
LASSEA Las Vegas to Seattle2026-02-122026-03-0724
SFOATL San Francisco to Atlanta2024-05-072024-06-0631
SLCMSP Salt Lake City to Minneapolis2024-04-092024-05-0628
RDUMIA Raleigh–Durham to Miami2023-07-012024-04-0822089.9%
MSPPHX Minneapolis to Phoenix2024-01-082024-03-0832

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL1257 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 668 records of DL1257 operating ATLBWI, 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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