Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL1609
Minneapolis (MSP) to St. Louis (STL) · scheduled 9:50 PM – 11:23 PM
How DL1609 performs
752 operations, 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30.
DL1609 arrived on time 76.0% of the time, against 82.1% for all MSP → STL flights — this specific departure is 6.0 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 6.5 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 752 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL1609 | 76.0% | 1.06% | -7 min | 8.5% | 752 |
| Delta Air Lines on MSP → STL | 82.5% | 0.87% | -10 min | 6.3% | 3,220 |
| All MSP → STL flights | 82.1% | 0.78% | -9 min | 6.1% | 5,797 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30
Other routes DL1609 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDT→ATL Harrisburg to Atlanta | 2024-05-07 – 2024-06-06 | 31 | — |
| MIA→SLC Miami to Salt Lake City | 2024-04-09 – 2024-05-06 | 28 | — |
| TLH→ATL Tallahassee to Atlanta | 2023-07-01 – 2024-04-08 | 221 | 94.5% |
| MSP→ORD Minneapolis to Chicago | 2024-01-08 – 2024-03-08 | 46 | — |
| ORD→MSP Chicago to Minneapolis | 2024-01-19 – 2024-03-08 | 20 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL1609 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 752 records of DL1609 operating MSP → STL, 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.