Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL2978
Atlanta (ATL) to Cleveland (CLE) · scheduled 9:59 AM – 10:43 AM
How DL2978 performs
414 operations, 2025-04-14 to 2026-06-30.
DL2978 arrived on time 89.6% of the time, against 79.0% for all ATL → CLE flights — this specific departure is 10.6 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 8.0 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 414 operations between 2025-04-14 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2978 | 89.6% | 2.17% | -7 min | 1.5% | 414 |
| Delta Air Lines on ATL → CLE | 81.6% | 1.18% | -5 min | 5.3% | 7,533 |
| All ATL → CLE flights | 79.0% | 1.27% | -4 min | 6.5% | 9,780 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-04-14 to 2026-06-30
Other routes DL2978 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLE→ATL Cleveland to Atlanta | 2025-05-07 – 2026-06-30 | 402 | 87.5% |
| ATL→GSO Atlanta to Greensboro | 2024-12-19 – 2025-01-01 | 6 | — |
| SEA→LAS Seattle to Las Vegas | 2024-10-12 – 2024-11-09 | 13 | — |
| LAS→MSP Las Vegas to Minneapolis | 2024-10-07 – 2024-10-25 | 11 | — |
| MCO→ATL Orlando to Atlanta | 2023-07-01 – 2024-09-08 | 129 | 59.8% |
| PSC→SLC Pasco to Salt Lake City | 2024-06-08 – 2024-07-07 | 30 | — |
| LAS→SLC Las Vegas to Salt Lake City | 2024-04-09 – 2024-05-06 | 28 | — |
| SLC→LAS Salt Lake City to Las Vegas | 2024-04-09 – 2024-05-06 | 28 | — |
| MIA→DTW Miami to Detroit | 2024-01-08 – 2024-03-08 | 41 | — |
| ATL→BWI Atlanta to Baltimore | 2023-10-09 – 2023-10-27 | 19 | — |
| ATL→MCO Atlanta to Orlando | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 66 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2978 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 414 records of DL2978 operating ATL → CLE, 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.