Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL2596
Newark (EWR) to Detroit (DTW) · scheduled 6:00 AM – 7:55 AM
How DL2596 performs
874 operations, 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30.
DL2596 arrived on time 89.9% of the time, against 79.7% for all EWR → DTW flights — this specific departure is 10.2 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 11.6 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 874 operations between 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2596 | 89.9% | 1.49% | -11 min | 5.2% | 874 |
| Delta Air Lines on EWR → DTW | 78.3% | 1.96% | -10 min | 10.9% | 4,736 |
| All EWR → DTW flights | 79.7% | 3.43% | -11 min | 9.1% | 10,084 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does DL2596 run worse on particular days?
Sunday is historically the most reliable day and Saturday the least, a gap of 7.1 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 DL2596 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.
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2596 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 874 records of DL2596 operating EWR → DTW, 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.