Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL2187
Minneapolis (MSP) to Miami (MIA) · scheduled 12:50 PM – 5:30 PM
How DL2187 performs
570 operations, 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30.
DL2187 arrived on time 74.7% of the time, against 81.4% for all MSP → MIA flights — this specific departure is 6.7 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 5.0 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 570 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2187 | 74.7% | 0.70% | -4 min | 6.4% | 570 |
| Delta Air Lines on MSP → MIA | 79.7% | 0.53% | -7 min | 4.9% | 2,271 |
| All MSP → MIA flights | 81.4% | 0.60% | -8 min | 5.1% | 3,518 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30
Other routes DL2187 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIA→MSP Miami to Minneapolis | 2024-10-07 – 2026-05-06 | 276 | 75.5% |
| ATL→CHA Atlanta to Chattanooga | 2026-01-04 – 2026-01-04 | 1 | — |
| TPA→DTW Tampa to Detroit | 2025-03-09 – 2025-04-13 | 36 | — |
| MCI→MSP Kansas City to Minneapolis | 2024-11-11 – 2024-12-18 | 37 | — |
| MCO→LGA Orlando to New York | 2024-09-09 – 2024-10-06 | 28 | — |
| ATL→PNS Atlanta to Pensacola | 2024-05-07 – 2024-06-06 | 31 | — |
| PNS→ATL Pensacola to Atlanta | 2024-05-07 – 2024-06-06 | 31 | — |
| JFK→DTW New York to Detroit | 2024-04-09 – 2024-05-06 | 28 | — |
| CLT→DTW Charlotte to Detroit | 2024-03-10 – 2024-04-08 | 30 | — |
| PDX→SEA Portland to Seattle | 2024-01-08 – 2024-03-09 | 62 | — |
| BOS→PBI Boston to West Palm Beach | 2023-12-21 – 2024-01-07 | 15 | — |
| PBI→BOS West Palm Beach to Boston | 2023-12-21 – 2024-01-07 | 15 | — |
| ATL→RDU Atlanta to Raleigh–Durham | 2023-11-05 – 2023-12-15 | 41 | — |
| ATL→OMA Atlanta to Omaha | 2023-09-05 – 2023-11-03 | 53 | — |
| OMA→ATL Omaha to Atlanta | 2023-09-05 – 2023-11-03 | 53 | — |
| ATL→MEM Atlanta to Memphis | 2023-07-01 – 2023-07-09 | 9 | — |
| MEM→ATL Memphis to Atlanta | 2023-07-01 – 2023-07-09 | 7 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2187 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why DL2187 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for DL2187 on MSP → MIA. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on MSP → MIA
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2129 | Delta Air Lines | 84.5% | 10 min early | 754 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 570 records of DL2187 operating MSP → MIA, 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.