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DL1517

Los Angeles (LAX) to Kansas City (MCI) · scheduled 9:30 AM – 3:01 PM

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How DL1517 performs

771 operations, 2023-10-09 to 2026-06-26.

On-time arrivals
90.3%
686 of 760 completed
Cancellation rate
1.04%
8 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-12 min
Average -3.6 min
Severe delays
3.8%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
83 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
88.7%
Left the gate on time

DL1517 arrived on time 90.3% of the time, against 83.8% for all LAXMCI flights — this specific departure is 6.5 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 3.2 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 771 operations between 2023-10-09 to 2026-06-26

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL151790.3%1.04%-12 min3.8%771
Delta Air Lines on LAXMCI87.0%0.82%-11 min5.0%1,458
All LAXMCI flights83.8%0.67%-7 min5.1%3,902

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-10-09 to 2026-06-26

Other routes DL1517 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
MCILAX Kansas City to Los Angeles2023-10-092026-06-2665888.4%
DTWPVD Detroit to Providence/Warwick2024-05-072024-06-0631
PVDDTW Providence/Warwick to Detroit2024-05-072024-06-0631
CLTMSP Charlotte to Minneapolis2024-03-102024-04-0830
MCIMSP Kansas City to Minneapolis2024-01-082024-03-0962
ATLECP Atlanta to Panama City Beach2023-11-052023-12-1539
AUSJFK Austin to New York2023-09-052023-09-1511
SEASFO Seattle to San Francisco2023-07-012023-09-0365
SFOSEA San Francisco to Seattle2023-07-012023-09-0365

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL1517 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 771 records of DL1517 operating LAXMCI, 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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