Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL2026
Raleigh–Durham (RDU) to Atlanta (ATL) · scheduled 3:25 PM – 5:05 PM
How DL2026 performs
616 operations, 2023-12-24 to 2026-06-30.
DL2026 arrived on time 88.4% of the time, against 85.2% for all RDU → ATL flights — this specific departure is 3.1 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 1.1 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 616 operations between 2023-12-24 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2026 | 88.4% | 0.81% | -8 min | 5.4% | 616 |
| Delta Air Lines on RDU → ATL | 87.3% | 0.91% | -10 min | 4.5% | 10,713 |
| All RDU → ATL flights | 85.2% | 1.12% | -9 min | 5.3% | 13,961 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-12-24 to 2026-06-30
Other routes DL2026 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATL→RDU Atlanta to Raleigh–Durham | 2023-12-24 – 2026-06-30 | 601 | 87.8% |
| SLC→EWR Salt Lake City to Newark | 2025-06-08 – 2025-12-19 | 195 | 66.5% |
| EWR→SLC Newark to Salt Lake City | 2025-06-08 – 2025-08-10 | 62 | — |
| BIS→MSP Bismarck to Minneapolis | 2024-05-07 – 2024-06-06 | 31 | — |
| ECP→ATL Panama City Beach to Atlanta | 2023-11-05 – 2023-12-15 | 39 | — |
| ATL→ECP Atlanta to Panama City Beach | 2023-12-07 – 2023-12-15 | 9 | — |
| LAS→LGA Las Vegas to New York | 2023-09-09 – 2023-11-04 | 9 | — |
| AUS→DTW Austin to Detroit | 2023-09-05 – 2023-10-27 | 46 | — |
| LGA→LAS New York to Las Vegas | 2023-09-09 – 2023-10-07 | 5 | — |
| ATL→FAY Atlanta to Fayetteville | 2023-07-05 – 2023-09-04 | 50 | — |
| BOS→BUF Boston to Buffalo | 2023-07-15 – 2023-08-05 | 4 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2026 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 616 records of DL2026 operating RDU → ATL, 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.