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DL1611

Detroit (DTW) to Atlanta (ATL) · scheduled 7:00 AM – 9:05 AM

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How DL1611 performs

1,002 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
88.1%
870 of 988 completed
Cancellation rate
1.10%
11 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-9 min
Average -1.5 min
Severe delays
3.2%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
67 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
89.0%
Left the gate on time

DL1611 arrived on time 88.1% of the time, against 80.9% for all DTWATL flights — this specific departure is 7.2 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 4.4 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,002 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL161188.1%1.10%-9 min3.2%1,002
Delta Air Lines on DTWATL83.6%0.50%-9 min5.7%11,013
All DTWATL flights80.9%0.83%-8 min6.8%14,994

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does DL1611 run worse on particular days?

Monday86.0%
Tuesday94.3%
Wednesday95.1%
Thursday79.6%
Friday87.3%
Saturday86.8%
Sunday87.2%

Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Thursday the least, a gap of 15.6 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.

Other routes DL1611 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
LGATPA New York to Tampa2024-04-062024-04-061
TPALGA Tampa to New York2024-04-062024-04-061
MSPMCO Minneapolis to Orlando2024-01-132024-03-0912
SLCIAH Salt Lake City to Houston2024-01-082024-02-1415
ATLTRI Atlanta to Blountville2024-01-062024-01-061
DTWCMH Detroit to Columbus2023-12-182023-12-192

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL1611 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,002 records of DL1611 operating DTWATL, 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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