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DL2161

Grand Rapids (GRR) to Atlanta (ATL) · scheduled 8:00 AM – 10:03 AM

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How DL2161 performs

397 operations, 2025-05-07 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
85.8%
339 of 395 completed
Cancellation rate
0.50%
2 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-13 min
Average 0.8 min
Severe delays
5.1%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
87 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
87.6%
Left the gate on time

DL2161 arrived on time 85.8% of the time, against 86.9% for all GRRATL flights — this specific departure is 1.1 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 1.7 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 397 operations between 2025-05-07 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL216185.8%0.50%-13 min5.1%397
Delta Air Lines on GRRATL87.5%0.98%-14 min3.7%4,102
All GRRATL flights86.9%1.04%-13 min4.0%4,212

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-05-07 to 2026-06-30

Other routes DL2161 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
MSPBIS Minneapolis to Bismarck2025-05-062025-05-061
HSVATL Huntsville to Atlanta2025-04-142025-05-0522
TPAJFK Tampa to New York2025-03-092025-04-1336
MSPPIT Minneapolis to Pittsburgh2024-06-072024-12-0315387.5%
PITMSP Pittsburgh to Minneapolis2024-06-072024-12-0315390.1%
CHSATL Charleston to Atlanta2023-07-012024-06-0633489.8%
ATLCHS Atlanta to Charleston2023-07-012024-06-0632587.4%

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2161 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 397 records of DL2161 operating GRRATL, 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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