Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL1478
Atlanta (ATL) to Detroit (DTW) · scheduled 6:10 PM – 8:13 PM
How DL1478 performs
926 operations, 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30.
DL1478 arrived on time 77.5% of the time, against 78.7% for all ATL → DTW flights — this specific departure is 1.2 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 3.3 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 926 operations between 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL1478 | 77.5% | 0.22% | -5 min | 7.5% | 926 |
| Delta Air Lines on ATL → DTW | 80.8% | 0.48% | -4 min | 5.7% | 11,020 |
| All ATL → DTW flights | 78.7% | 0.77% | -4 min | 6.8% | 14,999 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does DL1478 run worse on particular days?
Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Thursday the least, a gap of 10.4 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes DL1478 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATL→BWI Atlanta to Baltimore | 2023-11-07 – 2023-12-05 | 9 | — |
| DTW→MCI Detroit to Kansas City | 2023-11-20 – 2023-11-27 | 6 | — |
| SLC→OAK Salt Lake City to Oakland | 2023-10-14 – 2023-11-04 | 3 | — |
| PNS→ATL Pensacola to Atlanta | 2023-10-10 – 2023-11-01 | 7 | — |
| ATL→GPT Atlanta to Gulfport | 2023-10-28 – 2023-10-31 | 4 | — |
| GPT→ATL Gulfport to Atlanta | 2023-10-28 – 2023-10-31 | 4 | — |
| ATL→EWR Atlanta to Newark | 2023-10-09 – 2023-10-27 | 11 | — |
| ATL→SAV Atlanta to Savannah | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 66 | — |
| SAV→ATL Savannah to Atlanta | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 66 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL1478 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 926 records of DL1478 operating ATL → 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.