Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL2839
Detroit (DTW) to Raleigh–Durham (RDU) · scheduled 9:45 PM – 10:58 PM
How DL2839 performs
1,028 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
DL2839 arrived on time 77.7% of the time, against 84.1% for all DTW → RDU flights — this specific departure is 6.4 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 7.2 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,028 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2839 | 77.7% | 0.78% | -7 min | 7.0% | 1,028 |
| Delta Air Lines on DTW → RDU | 84.9% | 0.70% | -10 min | 4.9% | 3,973 |
| All DTW → RDU flights | 84.1% | 1.10% | -9 min | 5.2% | 4,547 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does DL2839 run worse on particular days?
Saturday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 19.5 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes DL2839 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTW→CLT Detroit to Charlotte | 2024-01-13 – 2024-03-09 | 9 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2839 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,028 records of DL2839 operating DTW → RDU, 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.