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DL2559

Fort Myers (RSW) to Detroit (DTW) · scheduled 5:48 PM – 8:45 PM

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How DL2559 performs

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

On-time arrivals
79.7%
267 of 335 completed
Cancellation rate
2.90%
10 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-8 min
Average 4.0 min
Severe delays
7.2%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
61 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
78.8%
Left the gate on time

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 345 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL255979.7%2.90%-8 min7.2%345
Delta Air Lines on RSWDTW83.5%1.22%-8 min6.3%3,771
All RSWDTW flights80.2%1.53%-7 min7.9%5,627

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

Other routes DL2559 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
LASMSP Las Vegas to Minneapolis2026-05-072026-06-0526
MCOJFK Orlando to New York2024-12-192026-01-0425
DFWJFK Dallas–Fort Worth to New York2024-12-242025-01-055
DTWRSW Detroit to Fort Myers2024-06-072024-12-1819383.9%
LGAIAH New York to Houston2024-05-072024-06-0627
STLDTW St. Louis to Detroit2024-04-092024-05-0628
PHXSLC Phoenix to Salt Lake City2024-03-102024-04-0830
SLCPHX Salt Lake City to Phoenix2024-03-102024-04-0830
SLCPDX Salt Lake City to Portland2023-12-162024-01-0723
MSPMSO Minneapolis to Missoula2023-09-052023-12-1561
PDXSLC Portland to Salt Lake City2023-10-092023-10-2719
PWMDTW Portland to Detroit2023-07-012023-09-0466

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2559 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

When it goes wrong

The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.

One arrival in ten is worse than

45 min late

against a median of 8 min early

Arrived an hour or more late7.2%
Typical delay when late61 min
Cancelled2.90%
Landed somewhere else0.00%

Percentiles over 345 operations. Cancelled and diverted flights have no arrival time and are counted separately rather than as very late arrivals.

Why DL2559 runs late

Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.

Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for DL2559 on RSW → DTW. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 345 records of DL2559 operating RSWDTW, 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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