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DL2162

Birmingham (BHM) to Atlanta (ATL) · scheduled 5:20 AM – 7:25 AM

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How DL2162 performs

929 operations, 2023-07-05 to 2026-05-05.

On-time arrivals
94.2%
859 of 912 completed
Cancellation rate
1.83%
17 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-12 min
Average -6.1 min
Severe delays
2.3%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
85 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
94.5%
Left the gate on time

DL2162 arrived on time 94.2% of the time, against 88.7% for all BHMATL flights — this specific departure is 5.5 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 5.5 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 929 operations between 2023-07-05 to 2026-05-05

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL216294.2%1.83%-12 min2.3%929
Delta Air Lines on BHMATL88.7%1.42%-12 min4.3%9,061
All BHMATL flights88.7%1.44%-12 min4.4%9,145

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-05 to 2026-05-05

By day of week

Does DL2162 run worse on particular days?

Monday92.9%
Tuesday95.4%
Wednesday95.5%
Thursday92.1%
Friday93.5%
Saturday
Sunday93.0%

Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Thursday the least, a gap of 3.3 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-05 to 2026-05-05 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.

Other routes DL2162 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
DTWDCA Detroit to Washington2024-03-092024-03-091

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2162 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 929 records of DL2162 operating BHMATL, 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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