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DL2159

San Francisco (SFO) to Minneapolis (MSP) · scheduled 3:45 PM – 9:00 PM

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How DL2159 performs

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

On-time arrivals
81.0%
554 of 684 completed
Cancellation rate
0.29%
2 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-7 min
Average 4.0 min
Severe delays
7.0%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
66 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
77.2%
Left the gate on time

DL2159 arrived on time 81.0% of the time, against 85.0% for all SFOMSP flights — this specific departure is 4.0 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 4.9 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 687 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL215981.0%0.29%-7 min7.0%687
Delta Air Lines on SFOMSP85.9%0.70%-10 min4.4%4,425
All SFOMSP flights85.0%0.67%-10 min4.9%5,786

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

Other routes DL2159 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
DTWBUF Detroit to Buffalo2026-02-122026-03-0724
MSPDEN Minneapolis to Denver2024-05-072024-06-0631
LGAPBI New York to West Palm Beach2024-04-092024-05-0628
PBILGA West Palm Beach to New York2024-01-082024-04-089294.4%
CMHATL Columbus to Atlanta2023-09-102024-01-0240
ATLCMH Atlanta to Columbus2023-09-102024-01-0230
ORDLGA Chicago to New York2023-11-052023-12-1535
MCIMSP Kansas City to Minneapolis2023-09-052023-09-084
MSPMCI Minneapolis to Kansas City2023-09-052023-09-084
MCOLGA Orlando to New York2023-07-012023-09-0466

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2159 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 687 records of DL2159 operating SFOMSP, 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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