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DL2959

Atlanta (ATL) to Wichita (ICT) · scheduled 9:45 PM – 11:07 PM

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How DL2959 performs

1,062 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
82.0%
859 of 1,047 completed
Cancellation rate
1.13%
12 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-6 min
Average 5.4 min
Severe delays
5.0%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
68 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
85.2%
Left the gate on time

DL2959 arrived on time 82.0% of the time, against 85.4% for all ATLICT flights — this specific departure is 3.4 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 3.5 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,062 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL295982.0%1.13%-6 min5.0%1,062
Delta Air Lines on ATLICT85.5%1.03%-8 min4.0%3,022
All ATLICT flights85.4%0.97%-8 min4.0%3,208

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does DL2959 run worse on particular days?

Monday79.3%
Tuesday83.0%
Wednesday86.2%
Thursday82.1%
Friday82.9%
Saturday83.0%
Sunday77.7%

Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 8.5 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.

Other routes DL2959 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
DTWORD Detroit to Chicago2024-12-192025-01-044
ORDDTW Chicago to Detroit2024-12-192025-01-044

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2959 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,062 records of DL2959 operating ATLICT, 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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