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DL1598

San Francisco (SFO) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 6:00 AM – 7:35 AM

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How DL1598 performs

745 operations, 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
95.3%
705 of 740 completed
Cancellation rate
0.67%
5 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-15 min
Average -5.8 min
Severe delays
2.8%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
170 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
95.0%
Left the gate on time

DL1598 arrived on time 95.3% of the time, against 77.6% for all SFOLAX flights — this specific departure is 17.6 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 15.8 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 745 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL159895.3%0.67%-15 min2.8%745
Delta Air Lines on SFOLAX79.5%0.82%-10 min7.5%7,042
All SFOLAX flights77.6%0.70%-6 min7.2%33,688

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Other routes DL1598 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
ATLOKC Atlanta to Oklahoma City2024-05-072024-06-0631
OKCATL Oklahoma City to Atlanta2024-05-072024-06-0631
LGAMIA New York to Miami2024-04-092024-05-0628
MIALGA Miami to New York2024-04-092024-05-0628
MEMSLC Memphis to Salt Lake City2024-01-082024-03-0962
SEALAX Seattle to Los Angeles2023-12-162024-01-0719
DTWAUS Detroit to Austin2023-09-052023-12-1510184.2%
MSPSAN Minneapolis to San Diego2023-07-012023-09-0463

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL1598 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 745 records of DL1598 operating SFOLAX, 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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