Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL2961
Minneapolis (MSP) to Washington (DCA) · scheduled 8:00 PM – 11:29 PM
How DL2961 performs
744 operations, 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30.
DL2961 arrived on time 71.9% of the time, against 77.6% for all MSP → DCA flights — this specific departure is 5.7 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 7.7 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 744 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2961 | 71.9% | 2.28% | -5 min | 9.5% | 744 |
| Delta Air Lines on MSP → DCA | 79.6% | 1.24% | -9 min | 6.3% | 5,165 |
| All MSP → DCA flights | 77.6% | 2.25% | -8 min | 7.5% | 7,258 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30
Other routes DL2961 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATL→XNA Atlanta to Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers | 2024-06-08 – 2024-06-15 | 2 | — |
| ATL→MSN Atlanta to Madison | 2023-09-05 – 2024-06-06 | 90 | 88.9% |
| MSN→ATL Madison to Atlanta | 2023-12-17 – 2024-06-06 | 40 | — |
| TPA→ATL Tampa to Atlanta | 2024-04-09 – 2024-05-06 | 24 | — |
| ATL→LEX Atlanta to Lexington | 2024-02-06 – 2024-03-09 | 33 | — |
| LEX→ATL Lexington to Atlanta | 2024-02-06 – 2024-03-09 | 33 | — |
| EWR→ATL Newark to Atlanta | 2023-11-29 – 2023-12-06 | 2 | — |
| PHL→MSP Philadelphia to Minneapolis | 2023-11-05 – 2023-12-04 | 25 | — |
| IAH→ATL Houston to Atlanta | 2023-11-24 – 2023-11-24 | 1 | — |
| LGA→ORD New York to Chicago | 2023-07-02 – 2023-09-04 | 51 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2961 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 744 records of DL2961 operating MSP → DCA, 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.