Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL1696
Los Angeles (LAX) to Las Vegas (LAS) · scheduled 11:35 AM – 12:55 PM
How DL1696 performs
609 operations, December 2023 – August 2026.
Between its first and last recorded date on LAX → LAS, DL1696 averaged about 4 operations a week (609 in 990 days, cancelled ones included).
DL1696 arrived on time 79.8% of the time, against 76.6% for all LAX → LAS flights, so this departure is 3.2 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’ own flights on this route it is 1.3 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 609 operations, December 2023 – August 2026 · If DL1696 is cancelled or significantly changed, DOT’s automatic refund rule may entitle you to your money back. The refund checker walks through eligibility.
Where DL1696 is right now
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Against the rest of the route
| Flight or route | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL1696 | 79.8% | 0.66% | -3 min | 5.5% | 609 |
| Delta Air Lines on LAX → LAS | 78.5% | 0.56% | -5 min | 6.8% | 5,550 |
| All LAX → LAS flights | 76.6% | 0.74% | -5 min | 7.9% | 28,958 |
DL1696 cancelled 4 of 609 operations (0.66%), close to the 0.74% for LAX → LAS.
5.5% of DL1696’s arrivals were an hour or more late, against 7.9% across LAX → LAS, so the long delays are less common on this number than on the route.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · December 2023 – August 2026
Why DL1696 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for DL1696 on LAX → LAS. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering December 2023 – August 2026
Does a late aircraft delay this flight?
How often the plane that flies DL1696 comes in late, and what that does to the departure.
The aircraft flying DL1696 came in 15 or more minutes late on 16% of the departures where its previous flight is known. There are not enough departures in both groups to say how the flight left after a late one and after an on-time one.
Matched by tail number to the aircraft’s previous flight into LAX: 574 of 605 departures. Unknown, cancelled or diverted inbounds and gaps over 12 hours are left out.
Against the network at the same turn length
| Share of departures | Inbound landed 15+ late |
|---|---|
| DL1696 | 16% |
| Network, same turn | 17% |
70 scheduled minutes is enough to clean and board when the aircraft is on time, with little to spare when it is not.
The network row is every flight with a scheduled turn of 60 to 89 minutes. How often DL1696’s aircraft landed 15 or more minutes late is about the same as the network’s. There are not enough departures in both groups to compare how it left.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering December 2023 – August 2026
From pushback to gate
When it leaves LAX late, does that still matter by the time it reaches LAS?
On arrival at LAS, DL1696 spends 9.7 min taxiing from touchdown to the gate — ground time a connecting passenger sits through before they can even leave the aircraft, on top of however late the flight itself ran. That is 2.0 minutes longer than a typical LAS arrival (7.7 min).
Taxi-out is gate to wheels up and sits inside the scheduled block; the hourly comparison is 33,203 LAX departures. Taxi-in is landing to gate, set against 583,484 arrivals at LAS. More on taxi time.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · December 2023 – August 2026
The hour it leaves LAX
DL1696 has one departure time, 11:35 AM, so this is what that hour at LAX is worth.
On-time arrival rate. 33,203 departures from LAX are scheduled in the 11 AM–12 PM hour over the period, against 611,647 across the whole day.
DL1696 is scheduled out of LAX at 11:35 AM, in the 11 AM–12 PM bank. Departures from LAX in that hour arrive on time 80.1% of the time against 81.3% across the airport’s whole day, so the hour DL1696 leaves in is an ordinary one for LAX and explains nothing about its record either way.
Both airport figures cover every destination from LAX, so they describe the slot, not this journey; the route comparison is above. Why the hour matters.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · December 2023 – August 2026 · Hours below 120 departures are not scored.
Other routes DL1696 has flown
Carriers reassign flight numbers. DL1696 also served these 14 other city pairs in the period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAS→LAX Las Vegas to Los Angeles | December 16, 2023 – August 31, 2026 | 206 | 71.2% |
| LAS→SEA Las Vegas to Seattle | December 19, 2024 – January 4, 2026 | 34 | — |
| BOS→TPA Boston to Tampa | November 15, 2025 – December 13, 2025 | 5 | — |
| BWI→ATL Baltimore to Atlanta | November 2–8, 2025 | 7 | — |
| DEN→SLC Denver to Salt Lake City | September 13, 2025 – October 4, 2025 | 4 | — |
| AGS→ATL Augusta to Atlanta | September 2–10, 2025 | 9 | — |
| GEG→SLC Spokane to Salt Lake City | June 8, 2025 – July 6, 2025 | 19 | — |
| SLC→GEG Salt Lake City to Spokane | June 8, 2025 – July 6, 2025 | 19 | — |
| ATL→MDW Atlanta to Chicago | May 7, 2024 – June 6, 2024 | 31 | — |
| MDW→ATL Chicago to Atlanta | May 7, 2024 – June 6, 2024 | 31 | — |
| RDU→ATL Raleigh–Durham to Atlanta | April 9, 2024 – May 6, 2024 | 28 | — |
| PHX→SLC Phoenix to Salt Lake City | January 8–30, 2024 | 23 | — |
| MCO→MSP Orlando to Minneapolis | September 5, 2023 – December 15, 2023 | 102 | 92.2% |
| FLL→LGA Fort Lauderdale to New York | July 1, 2023 – September 4, 2023 | 63 | — |
The figures above describe only LAX → LAS, the route DL1696 flies now.
When it goes wrong
The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.
35 min late
against a median of 3 min early
Percentiles over 609 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering December 2023 – August 2026
Other flights on this route
Same airports, same journey, different odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2253 | Delta Air Lines | 92.2% | 10 min early | 936 |
| UA1006 | United Airlines | 90.1% | 8 min early | 750 |
| DL1696 this flight | Delta Air Lines | 79.8% | 3 min early | 609 |
| UA2449 | United Airlines | 77.8% | 6 min early | 641 |
| DL2653 | Delta Air Lines | 74.8% | 5 min early | 822 |
| AA2785 | American Airlines | 71.8% | 1 min early | 996 |
| DL2120 | Delta Air Lines | 68.7% | 1 min early | 969 |
| F93292 | Frontier Airlines | 68.4% | 0 min early | 777 |
Among all 8 departures on this route with at least 600 operations, DL1696 has the 3rd highest on-time rate, 12.4 points behind the best. Every departure here has at least 600 operations; the other rows are the most punctual on the route, not all of them.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 609 records of DL1696 operating LAX → LAS, 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 reported separately, not in the on-time rate.
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