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DL2940

Atlanta (ATL) to Detroit (DTW) · scheduled 10:59 PM – 12:58 AM

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How DL2940 performs

959 operations, 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-27.

On-time arrivals
72.2%
685 of 949 completed
Cancellation rate
0.94%
9 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-2 min
Average 13.1 min
Severe delays
9.0%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
64 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
68.1%
Left the gate on time

DL2940 arrived on time 72.2% of the time, against 78.7% for all ATLDTW flights — this specific departure is 6.5 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 8.6 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 959 operations between 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-27

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL294072.2%0.94%-2 min9.0%959
Delta Air Lines on ATLDTW80.8%0.48%-4 min5.7%11,020
All ATLDTW flights78.7%0.77%-4 min6.8%14,999

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-27

By day of week

Does DL2940 run worse on particular days?

Monday70.1%
Tuesday75.5%
Wednesday83.7%
Thursday73.1%
Friday65.7%
Saturday74.1%
Sunday63.0%

Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 20.7 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-27 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.

Other routes DL2940 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
MCOLGA Orlando to New York2023-11-052023-12-1540
CLEMSP Cleveland to Minneapolis2023-10-282023-11-047
JFKSLC New York to Salt Lake City2023-10-112023-11-014
ATLLIT Atlanta to Little Rock2023-07-012023-09-0466

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2940 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 959 records of DL2940 operating ATLDTW, 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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