Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL2868
Detroit (DTW) to St. Louis (STL) · scheduled 8:55 AM – 9:36 AM
How DL2868 performs
645 operations, 2024-05-07 to 2026-06-30.
DL2868 arrived on time 89.2% of the time, against 82.2% for all DTW → STL flights — this specific departure is 6.9 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 5.3 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 645 operations between 2024-05-07 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2868 | 89.2% | 0.78% | -13 min | 3.3% | 645 |
| Delta Air Lines on DTW → STL | 83.9% | 0.74% | -11 min | 5.9% | 3,507 |
| All DTW → STL flights | 82.2% | 0.70% | -9 min | 5.6% | 5,595 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-05-07 to 2026-06-30
Other routes DL2868 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STL→DTW St. Louis to Detroit | 2024-03-10 – 2026-06-30 | 387 | 93.4% |
| FLL→BOS Fort Lauderdale to Boston | 2024-12-23 – 2026-01-04 | 18 | — |
| ATL→HSV Atlanta to Huntsville | 2025-01-05 – 2025-01-05 | 1 | — |
| HSV→ATL Huntsville to Atlanta | 2025-01-05 – 2025-01-05 | 1 | — |
| ATL→JAX Atlanta to Jacksonville | 2024-02-24 – 2024-03-02 | 2 | — |
| CLE→MSP Cleveland to Minneapolis | 2024-02-11 – 2024-02-11 | 1 | — |
| MSP→CLE Minneapolis to Cleveland | 2024-02-11 – 2024-02-11 | 1 | — |
| ATL→BTR Atlanta to Baton Rouge | 2024-02-10 – 2024-02-10 | 1 | — |
| ATL→SDF Atlanta to Louisville | 2023-07-01 – 2023-12-06 | 139 | 97.1% |
| SDF→ATL Louisville to Atlanta | 2023-07-01 – 2023-11-03 | 108 | 97.2% |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2868 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 645 records of DL2868 operating DTW → STL, 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.