Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL2872
Baltimore (BWI) to Minneapolis (MSP) · scheduled 6:00 AM – 7:44 AM
How DL2872 performs
1,030 operations, 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30.
DL2872 arrived on time 91.7% of the time, against 81.5% for all BWI → MSP flights — this specific departure is 10.3 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 5.2 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,030 operations between 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2872 | 91.7% | 1.07% | -12 min | 3.2% | 1,030 |
| Delta Air Lines on BWI → MSP | 86.6% | 0.66% | -11 min | 5.6% | 2,736 |
| All BWI → MSP flights | 81.5% | 0.87% | -8 min | 5.8% | 4,276 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does DL2872 run worse on particular days?
Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 6.1 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes DL2872 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.
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2872 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,030 records of DL2872 operating BWI → MSP, 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.