Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL1704
Atlanta (ATL) to Des Moines (DSM) · scheduled 9:30 AM – 10:40 AM
How DL1704 performs
914 operations, 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30.
DL1704 arrived on time 88.5% of the time, against 85.3% for all ATL → DSM flights — this specific departure is 3.3 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 3.3 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 914 operations between 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL1704 | 88.5% | 1.53% | -10 min | 2.9% | 914 |
| Delta Air Lines on ATL → DSM | 85.3% | 1.44% | -9 min | 5.1% | 3,551 |
| All ATL → DSM flights | 85.3% | 1.43% | -9 min | 5.1% | 3,557 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does DL1704 run worse on particular days?
Sunday is historically the most reliable day and Tuesday the least, a gap of 4.4 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 DL1704 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DSM→ATL Des Moines to Atlanta | 2023-09-05 – 2026-06-30 | 908 | 88.7% |
| XNA→ATL Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers to Atlanta | 2024-05-07 – 2024-06-06 | 27 | — |
| MCO→MSP Orlando to Minneapolis | 2023-11-05 – 2023-12-15 | 35 | — |
| MSP→MCO Minneapolis to Orlando | 2023-12-07 – 2023-12-15 | 9 | — |
| CAE→ATL Columbia to Atlanta | 2023-11-28 – 2023-11-28 | 1 | — |
| RSW→DTW Fort Myers to Detroit | 2023-10-09 – 2023-10-27 | 13 | — |
| ATL→AUS Atlanta to Austin | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 66 | — |
| AUS→ATL Austin to Atlanta | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 66 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL1704 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 914 records of DL1704 operating ATL → DSM, 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.