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DL2888

Miami (MIA) to Washington (DCA) · scheduled 11:10 AM – 12:59 PM

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How DL2888 performs

550 operations, 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
79.6%
433 of 544 completed
Cancellation rate
0.91%
5 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-8 min
Average 6.7 min
Severe delays
7.9%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
79 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
82.4%
Left the gate on time

DL2888 arrived on time 79.6% of the time, against 74.7% for all MIADCA flights — this specific departure is 4.9 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 1.1 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 550 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL288879.6%0.91%-8 min7.9%550
Delta Air Lines on MIADCA80.7%0.93%-9 min7.8%968
All MIADCA flights74.7%1.92%-5 min8.9%11,646

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Other routes DL2888 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.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
DCAMIA Washington to Miami2026-05-072026-06-0631
BISMSP Bismarck to Minneapolis2025-11-092025-12-1940
SEASFO Seattle to San Francisco2023-07-022024-06-0623274.5%
SFOSEA San Francisco to Seattle2023-07-022024-06-0620988.4%
LGABOS New York to Boston2024-01-082024-03-0850

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2888 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 550 records of DL2888 operating MIADCA, 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.

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