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DL1587

Atlanta (ATL) to Tampa (TPA) · scheduled 10:00 AM – 11:13 AM

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How DL1587 performs

1,004 operations, 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
77.0%
758 of 985 completed
Cancellation rate
1.89%
19 cancelled
Median arrival delay
0 min
Average 8.9 min
Severe delays
5.5%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
51 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
79.8%
Left the gate on time

DL1587 arrived on time 77.0% of the time, against 74.1% for all ATLTPA flights — this specific departure is 2.9 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 1.7 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,004 operations between 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL158777.0%1.89%0 min5.5%1,004
Delta Air Lines on ATLTPA75.3%1.50%-2 min8.1%13,095
All ATLTPA flights74.1%1.65%-2 min9.0%19,404

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

By day of week

Does DL1587 run worse on particular days?

Monday78.4%
Tuesday80.3%
Wednesday85.8%
Thursday74.6%
Friday74.6%
Saturday69.6%
Sunday75.2%

Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Saturday the least, a gap of 16.3 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 DL1587 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
TPAATL Tampa to Atlanta2023-09-052026-06-301,00077.6%
BOSORD Boston to Chicago2023-10-142023-10-316
ORDDTW Chicago to Detroit2023-10-092023-10-2717
ATLMEM Atlanta to Memphis2023-07-032023-09-0462
MEMATL Memphis to Atlanta2023-07-102023-09-0427

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL1587 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,004 records of DL1587 operating ATLTPA, 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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