Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL2073
Detroit (DTW) to Washington (DCA) · scheduled 9:45 PM – 10:59 PM
How DL2073 performs
954 operations, 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30.
DL2073 arrived on time 76.0% of the time, against 74.6% for all DTW → DCA flights — this specific departure is 1.5 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 2.2 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 954 operations between 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2073 | 76.0% | 1.57% | -5 min | 8.0% | 954 |
| Delta Air Lines on DTW → DCA | 73.8% | 1.53% | -3 min | 8.3% | 5,097 |
| All DTW → DCA flights | 74.6% | 2.53% | -5 min | 9.2% | 8,410 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does DL2073 run worse on particular days?
Saturday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 15.9 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 DL2073 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→BIL Salt Lake City to Billings | 2024-01-08 – 2024-03-09 | 62 | — |
| SEA→SMF Seattle to Sacramento | 2024-01-07 – 2024-01-07 | 1 | — |
| ATL→ICT Atlanta to Wichita | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 66 | — |
| ICT→ATL Wichita to Atlanta | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 66 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2073 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 954 records of DL2073 operating DTW → DCA, 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.