Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL2853
Asheville (AVL) to Atlanta (ATL) · scheduled 7:00 AM – 8:08 AM
How DL2853 performs
595 operations, 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-29.
DL2853 arrived on time 86.4% of the time, against 84.2% for all AVL → ATL flights — this specific departure is 2.2 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 2.2 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 595 operations between 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-29
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2853 | 86.4% | 3.53% | -12 min | 6.4% | 595 |
| Delta Air Lines on AVL → ATL | 84.3% | 1.77% | -12 min | 6.1% | 5,882 |
| All AVL → ATL flights | 84.2% | 1.73% | -12 min | 6.1% | 6,023 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-29
Other routes DL2853 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→CLT Atlanta to Charlotte | 2026-03-14 – 2026-04-11 | 5 | — |
| CLT→ATL Charlotte to Atlanta | 2026-03-14 – 2026-04-11 | 5 | — |
| BOI→SLC Boise to Salt Lake City | 2025-04-14 – 2025-05-05 | 13 | — |
| SLC→BOI Salt Lake City to Boise | 2025-04-14 – 2025-05-05 | 13 | — |
| FAY→ATL Fayetteville to Atlanta | 2024-12-19 – 2024-12-19 | 1 | — |
| SJC→SLC San Jose to Salt Lake City | 2024-07-02 – 2024-07-07 | 6 | — |
| SLC→SJC Salt Lake City to San Jose | 2024-07-02 – 2024-07-07 | 6 | — |
| DTW→JAX Detroit to Jacksonville | 2023-07-01 – 2024-06-06 | 110 | 71.3% |
| JAX→DTW Jacksonville to Detroit | 2023-09-10 – 2024-06-06 | 58 | — |
| SFO→MSP San Francisco to Minneapolis | 2023-12-16 – 2024-01-07 | 19 | — |
| ATL→BNA Atlanta to Nashville | 2023-12-09 – 2023-12-13 | 3 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2853 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why DL2853 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for DL2853 on AVL → ATL. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on AVL → ATL
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2712 | Delta Air Lines | 90.0% | 14 min early | 793 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 595 records of DL2853 operating AVL → 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.