Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL1493
Washington (DCA) to Minneapolis (MSP) · scheduled 7:45 AM – 9:30 AM
How DL1493 performs
740 operations, 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30.
DL1493 arrived on time 84.5% of the time, against 81.1% for all DCA → MSP flights — this specific departure is 3.4 percentage points better than the route as a whole.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 740 operations between 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL1493 | 84.5% | 2.03% | -11 min | 5.7% | 740 |
| Delta Air Lines on DCA → MSP | 83.9% | 1.34% | -10 min | 6.9% | 5,164 |
| All DCA → MSP flights | 81.1% | 1.93% | -9 min | 7.8% | 7,258 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does DL1493 run worse on particular days?
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Thursday the least, a gap of 11.3 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes DL1493 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLC→BOS Salt Lake City to Boston | 2024-09-11 – 2024-10-02 | 4 | — |
| MSP→PIT Minneapolis to Pittsburgh | 2024-05-07 – 2024-06-06 | 26 | — |
| PIT→MSP Pittsburgh to Minneapolis | 2024-05-07 – 2024-06-06 | 26 | — |
| ATL→BWI Atlanta to Baltimore | 2024-01-01 – 2024-01-07 | 7 | — |
| BWI→ATL Baltimore to Atlanta | 2024-01-01 – 2024-01-07 | 7 | — |
| BOI→SLC Boise to Salt Lake City | 2023-12-16 – 2023-12-30 | 13 | — |
| SLC→BOI Salt Lake City to Boise | 2023-12-16 – 2023-12-30 | 13 | — |
| ATL→OMA Atlanta to Omaha | 2023-11-06 – 2023-12-15 | 24 | — |
| EYW→ATL Key West to Atlanta | 2023-10-28 – 2023-11-04 | 8 | — |
| ATL→SDF Atlanta to Louisville | 2023-10-09 – 2023-10-27 | 19 | — |
| BOI→SEA Boise to Seattle | 2023-09-06 – 2023-10-08 | 33 | — |
| MIA→JFK Miami to New York | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 66 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL1493 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 740 records of DL1493 operating DCA → MSP, 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.