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DL1721

Mobile (MOB) to Atlanta (ATL) · scheduled 6:00 AM – 8:20 AM

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How DL1721 performs

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

On-time arrivals
92.6%
386 of 417 completed
Cancellation rate
2.80%
12 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-14 min
Average -5.5 min
Severe delays
4.3%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
117 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
93.5%
Left the gate on time

DL1721 arrived on time 92.6% of the time, against 86.5% for all MOBATL flights — this specific departure is 6.1 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 5.8 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 429 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL172192.6%2.80%-14 min4.3%429
Delta Air Lines on MOBATL86.7%2.20%-13 min5.2%1,589
All MOBATL flights86.5%1.49%-13 min5.5%3,227

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

Other routes DL1721 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
SJUBOS San Juan to Boston2025-12-202026-01-0416
BOSLGA Boston to New York2025-12-012025-12-011
SFOLAX San Francisco to Los Angeles2025-05-072025-06-0732
ORDDTW Chicago to Detroit2025-03-092025-05-0659
DSMATL Des Moines to Atlanta2024-12-202025-01-0517
SFOJFK San Francisco to New York2024-11-112024-12-1838
MSYBOS New Orleans to Boston2024-09-092024-10-0628
SLCLAX Salt Lake City to Los Angeles2023-07-012024-06-0625291.7%
CLEMSP Cleveland to Minneapolis2024-04-222024-05-0611
MSPCLE Minneapolis to Cleveland2024-04-222024-05-0611
DTWGRR Detroit to Grand Rapids2024-04-152024-04-151
GRRDTW Grand Rapids to Detroit2024-04-152024-04-151
MIASLC Miami to Salt Lake City2024-01-082024-03-0962

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL1721 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 429 records of DL1721 operating MOBATL, 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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