Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL2397
Newark (EWR) to Atlanta (ATL) · scheduled 12:00 PM – 2:20 PM
How DL2397 performs
851 operations, 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30.
DL2397 arrived on time 79.8% of the time, against 75.8% for all EWR → ATL flights — this specific departure is 4.0 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 2.7 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 851 operations between 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2397 | 79.8% | 2.94% | -6 min | 6.3% | 851 |
| Delta Air Lines on EWR → ATL | 77.1% | 2.02% | -5 min | 9.5% | 9,079 |
| All EWR → ATL flights | 75.8% | 2.45% | -6 min | 10.1% | 18,141 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does DL2397 run worse on particular days?
Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 11.8 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes DL2397 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATL→EWR Atlanta to Newark | 2024-01-08 – 2026-06-30 | 844 | 82.9% |
| DTW→RIC Detroit to Richmond | 2025-05-06 – 2025-05-06 | 1 | — |
| DFW→LGA Dallas–Fort Worth to New York | 2024-05-07 – 2024-06-06 | 31 | — |
| DTW→FLL Detroit to Fort Lauderdale | 2023-09-09 – 2024-01-07 | 79 | — |
| FLL→DTW Fort Lauderdale to Detroit | 2023-10-09 – 2024-01-07 | 66 | — |
| MSO→MSP Missoula to Minneapolis | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 66 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2397 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 851 records of DL2397 operating EWR → ATL, 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.