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DL2983

Minneapolis (MSP) to Washington (DCA) · scheduled 10:30 AM – 1:57 PM

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How DL2983 performs

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

On-time arrivals
86.0%
618 of 719 completed
Cancellation rate
1.09%
8 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-9 min
Average -1.7 min
Severe delays
3.1%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
50 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
86.7%
Left the gate on time

DL2983 arrived on time 86.0% of the time, against 77.6% for all MSPDCA flights — this specific departure is 8.4 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 6.3 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 731 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL298386.0%1.09%-9 min3.1%731
Delta Air Lines on MSPDCA79.6%1.24%-9 min6.3%5,165
All MSPDCA flights77.6%2.25%-8 min7.5%7,258

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

Other routes DL2983 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
DCAMSP Washington to Minneapolis2024-06-072026-06-0646183.5%
AUSDTW Austin to Detroit2024-12-212025-01-043
MLBATL Melbourne to Atlanta2023-07-012024-06-0619890.4%
ATLMLB Atlanta to Melbourne2023-07-012024-06-0618193.9%
SLCAUS Salt Lake City to Austin2024-04-092024-05-0628
EWRATL Newark to Atlanta2024-02-062024-03-0610

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL2983 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 731 records of DL2983 operating MSPDCA, 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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