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DL1518

Atlanta (ATL) to Raleigh–Durham (RDU) · scheduled 7:56 PM – 9:03 PM

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How DL1518 performs

923 operations, 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
77.5%
710 of 916 completed
Cancellation rate
0.54%
5 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-4 min
Average 9.1 min
Severe delays
7.5%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
62 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
77.1%
Left the gate on time

DL1518 arrived on time 77.5% of the time, against 80.6% for all ATLRDU flights — this specific departure is 3.1 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 5.1 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 923 operations between 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL151877.5%0.54%-4 min7.5%923
Delta Air Lines on ATLRDU82.6%0.84%-5 min5.1%10,714
All ATLRDU flights80.6%0.93%-5 min6.0%13,956

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does DL1518 run worse on particular days?

Monday74.6%
Tuesday78.0%
Wednesday84.8%
Thursday78.7%
Friday73.7%
Saturday76.9%
Sunday76.5%

Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 11.1 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 DL1518 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
MIAJFK Miami to New York2023-11-052023-12-1539
MCOBOS Orlando to Boston2023-07-012023-09-0466

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL1518 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 923 records of DL1518 operating ATLRDU, 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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