Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL2053
Detroit (DTW) to Atlanta (ATL) · scheduled 6:15 PM – 8:10 PM
How DL2053 performs
946 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
DL2053 arrived on time 75.6% of the time, against 80.9% for all DTW → ATL flights — this specific departure is 5.3 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 8.0 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 946 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2053 | 75.6% | 0.11% | -5 min | 9.2% | 946 |
| Delta Air Lines on DTW → ATL | 83.6% | 0.50% | -9 min | 5.7% | 11,013 |
| All DTW → ATL flights | 80.9% | 0.83% | -8 min | 6.8% | 14,994 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does DL2053 run worse on particular days?
Saturday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 7.1 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 DL2053 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLC→SJC Salt Lake City to San Jose | 2024-01-08 – 2024-03-09 | 62 | — |
| DTW→CLT Detroit to Charlotte | 2023-11-06 – 2023-12-06 | 22 | — |
| DFW→LGA Dallas–Fort Worth to New York | 2023-11-11 – 2023-12-02 | 5 | — |
| BOS→JAX Boston to Jacksonville | 2023-11-30 – 2023-11-30 | 1 | — |
| MCO→JFK Orlando to New York | 2023-10-09 – 2023-11-04 | 27 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2053 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 946 records of DL2053 operating DTW → 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.