Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL2861
Seattle (SEA) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 5:30 PM – 8:15 PM
How DL2861 performs
753 operations, 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30.
DL2861 arrived on time 78.4% of the time, against 82.8% for all SEA → LAX flights — this specific departure is 4.4 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 7.8 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 753 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2861 | 78.4% | 0.40% | -7 min | 5.3% | 753 |
| Delta Air Lines on SEA → LAX | 86.2% | 0.38% | -9 min | 3.5% | 6,649 |
| All SEA → LAX flights | 82.8% | 0.77% | -6 min | 4.1% | 22,513 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30
Other routes DL2861 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→PIT Atlanta to Pittsburgh | 2024-11-10 – 2024-11-10 | 1 | — |
| ATL→CMH Atlanta to Columbus | 2023-09-05 – 2024-06-06 | 98 | 90.7% |
| BOI→MSP Boise to Minneapolis | 2024-01-16 – 2024-03-09 | 35 | — |
| MSP→IND Minneapolis to Indianapolis | 2024-01-14 – 2024-01-14 | 1 | — |
| JFK→MSP New York to Minneapolis | 2023-11-05 – 2023-12-15 | 41 | — |
| JFK→BOS New York to Boston | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 66 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2861 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 753 records of DL2861 operating SEA → LAX, 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.