Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL2849
Minneapolis (MSP) to Denver (DEN) · scheduled 9:05 AM – 10:31 AM
How DL2849 performs
617 operations, June 2024 – August 2026.
Between its first and last recorded date on MSP → DEN, DL2849 averaged about 5 operations a week (617 in 816 days, cancelled ones included).
DL2849 arrived on time 81.5% of the time, against 79.3% for all MSP → DEN flights, so this departure is 2.2 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’ own flights on this route it is 2.8 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 617 operations, June 2024 – August 2026 · If DL2849 is cancelled or significantly changed, DOT’s automatic refund rule may entitle you to your money back. The refund checker walks through eligibility.
Where DL2849 is right now
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Against the rest of the route
| Flight or route | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2849 | 81.5% | 0.97% | -3 min | 3.6% | 617 |
| Delta Air Lines on MSP → DEN | 78.7% | 0.59% | -5 min | 6.3% | 5,743 |
| All MSP → DEN flights | 79.3% | 0.70% | -7 min | 7.0% | 19,324 |
DL2849 cancelled 6 of 617 operations (0.97%), close to the 0.70% for MSP → DEN.
3.6% of DL2849’s arrivals were an hour or more late, against 7.0% across MSP → DEN, so the long delays are less common on this number than on the route.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · June 2024 – August 2026
Why DL2849 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s 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 DL2849 on MSP → DEN. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering June 2024 – August 2026
Does a late aircraft delay this flight?
How often the plane that flies DL2849 comes in late, and what that does to the departure.
The aircraft flying DL2849 came in 15 or more minutes late on 12% of the departures where its previous flight is known. There are not enough departures in both groups to say how the flight left after a late one and after an on-time one.
Matched by tail number to the aircraft’s previous flight into MSP: 498 of 611 departures. Unknown, cancelled or diverted inbounds and gaps over 12 hours are left out.
Against the network at the same turn length
| Share of departures | Inbound landed 15+ late |
|---|---|
| DL2849 | 12% |
| Network, same turn | 17% |
70 scheduled minutes is enough to clean and board when the aircraft is on time, with little to spare when it is not.
The network row is every flight with a scheduled turn of 60 to 89 minutes. How often DL2849’s aircraft landed 15 or more minutes late is lower than the network’s. There are not enough departures in both groups to compare how it left.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering June 2024 – August 2026
From pushback to gate
When it leaves MSP late, does that still matter by the time it reaches DEN?
On arrival at DEN, DL2849 spends 11.5 min taxiing from touchdown to the gate — ground time a connecting passenger sits through before they can even leave the aircraft, on top of however late the flight itself ran. That is 1.7 minutes longer than a typical DEN arrival (9.8 min).
Taxi-out is gate to wheels up and sits inside the scheduled block; the hourly comparison is 23,578 MSP departures. Taxi-in is landing to gate, set against 991,579 arrivals at DEN. More on taxi time.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · June 2024 – August 2026
The hour it leaves MSP
DL2849 has one departure time, 9:05 AM, so this is what that hour at MSP is worth.
On-time arrival rate. 23,578 departures from MSP are scheduled in the 9 AM–10 AM hour over the period, against 380,472 across the whole day.
DL2849 is scheduled out of MSP at 9:05 AM, in the 9 AM–10 AM bank. Departures from MSP in that hour arrive on time 86.3% of the time against 81.1% across the airport’s whole day — the slot alone is worth 5.2 points better before anything about this particular flight is considered.
Both airport figures cover every destination from MSP, so they describe the slot, not this journey; the route comparison is above. Why the hour matters.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · June 2024 – August 2026 · Hours below 120 departures are not scored.
Other routes DL2849 has flown
Carriers reassign flight numbers. DL2849 also served these 7 other city pairs in the period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEN→MSP Denver to Minneapolis | December 19, 2024 – August 31, 2026 | 236 | 73.1% |
| MSP→JFK Minneapolis to New York | June 6, 2024 | 1 | — |
| PDX→SEA Portland to Seattle | May 11, 2024 – June 1, 2024 | 5 | — |
| SEA→PDX Seattle to Portland | May 11, 2024 – June 1, 2024 | 5 | — |
| DTW→ORD Detroit to Chicago | May 6, 2024 | 1 | — |
| DCA→DTW Washington to Detroit | July 1, 2023 – March 8, 2024 | 220 | 84.4% |
| DTW→DCA Detroit to Washington | July 1, 2023 – March 8, 2024 | 220 | 88.0% |
The figures above describe only MSP → DEN, the route DL2849 flies now.
When it goes wrong
The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.
27 min late
against a median of 3 min early
Percentiles over 617 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering June 2024 – August 2026
Other flights on this route
Same airports, same journey, different odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F91149 | Frontier Airlines | 82.5% | 11 min early | 839 |
| DL2849 this flight | Delta Air Lines | 81.5% | 3 min early | 617 |
| DL1025 | Delta Air Lines | 75.9% | 3 min early | 816 |
| UA2272 | United Airlines | 68.0% | 2 min early | 1,036 |
| DL2931 | Delta Air Lines | 64.0% | 2 min late | 800 |
Among all 5 departures on this route with at least 600 operations, DL2849 has the 2nd highest on-time rate, 1.0 points behind the best. Every departure here has at least 600 operations; the other rows are the most punctual on the route, not all of them.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 617 records of DL2849 operating MSP → DEN, 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 reported separately, not in the on-time rate.
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