Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL3162
Myrtle Beach (MYR) to Atlanta (ATL) · scheduled 6:00 AM – 7:22 AM
How DL3162 performs
620 operations, June 2024 – August 2026.
Between its first and last recorded date on MYR → ATL, DL3162 averaged about 5 operations a week (620 in 816 days, cancelled ones included).
DL3162 arrived on time 92.9% of the time, against 88.4% for all MYR → ATL flights, so this departure is 4.5 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’ own flights on this route it is 4.5 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 620 operations, June 2024 – August 2026 · If DL3162 is cancelled or significantly changed, DOT’s automatic refund rule may entitle you to your money back. The refund checker walks through eligibility.
What stands out
How DL3162 compares to other flight numbers, not just to itself.
This flight stays close to typical even on its worst days, a smaller gap than 95% of 12,358 comparable flight numbers.
A typical arrival is 13 min early, and the worst tenth are only 19 minutes worse than that.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · June 2024 – August 2026 · The one thing about this specific departure that ranks most extreme against every other published flight number, out of everything FlyerIntel checks — shown only when something clears a real statistical bar, not for every flight.
Where DL3162 is right now
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Against the rest of the route
| Flight or route | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL3162 | 92.9% | 1.94% | -13 min | 3.1% | 620 |
| Delta Air Lines on MYR → ATL | 88.4% | 1.39% | -15 min | 5.0% | 4,599 |
| All MYR → ATL flights | 88.4% | 1.39% | -15 min | 5.0% | 4,609 |
DL3162 cancelled 12 of 620 operations (1.94%), above the 1.39% for MYR → ATL.
3.1% of DL3162’s arrivals were an hour or more late, against 5.0% across MYR → ATL, so the long delays are less common on this number than on the route.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · June 2024 – August 2026
Why DL3162 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for DL3162 on MYR → ATL. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering June 2024 – August 2026
Does a late aircraft delay this flight?
How often the plane that flies DL3162 comes in late, and what that does to the departure.
DL3162 is usually the aircraft’s first flight of the day: the schedule gives it a median of 6.2 hours on the ground at MYR, so its “inbound” is mostly the aircraft’s arrival the evening before.
When the aircraft came in 15 or more minutes late, DL3162 pushed back an average of 8 minutes late; when it came in on time or early, an average of 0 minutes early.
Matched by tail number to the aircraft’s previous flight into MYR: 606 of 608 departures. Unknown, cancelled or diverted inbounds and gaps over 12 hours are left out.
Against the network at the same turn length
| Share of departures | Inbound landed 15+ late | Left 15+ late after a late inbound | Left 15+ late after an on-time inbound |
|---|---|---|---|
| DL3162 | 25% | 11% | 5% |
| Network, same turn | 29% | 12% | 9% |
A night on the ground absorbs most of a late arrival, so a late inbound matters far less here than on a same-day turn.
The network row is every flight with a scheduled turn of 6 hours or more, usually overnight. How often DL3162’s aircraft landed 15 or more minutes late is lower than the network’s and, once the aircraft was late, how often DL3162 left 15 or more minutes late is about the same as the network’s.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering June 2024 – August 2026
From pushback to gate
When it leaves MYR late, does that still matter by the time it reaches ATL?
DL3162 pushes back an average of 2.5 minutes late and reaches the gate at ATL an average of 4.9 minutes early. The 7.4 minutes between those two figures are slack the published schedule already carries, so on average a late pushback on this flight is made up before the gate. Its 14.2 minutes on the taxiways at MYR is about what any departure from the airport in that hour spends.
On arrival at ATL, DL3162 spends 7.8 min taxiing from touchdown to the gate — ground time a connecting passenger sits through before they can even leave the aircraft, on top of however late the flight itself ran. That is 1.8 minutes shorter than a typical ATL arrival (9.6 min).
Taxi-out is gate to wheels up and sits inside the scheduled block; the hourly comparison is 2,815 MYR departures. Taxi-in is landing to gate, set against 1,039,387 arrivals at ATL. More on taxi time.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · June 2024 – August 2026
The hour it leaves MYR
DL3162 has one departure time, 6:00 AM, so this is what that hour at MYR is worth.
On-time arrival rate. 2,815 departures from MYR are scheduled in the 6 AM–7 AM hour over the period, against 46,627 across the whole day.
DL3162 is scheduled out of MYR at 6:00 AM, in the 6 AM–7 AM bank. Departures from MYR in that hour arrive on time 91.2% of the time against 80.4% across the airport’s whole day — the slot alone is worth 10.8 points better before anything about this particular flight is considered.
Both airport figures cover every destination from MYR, so they describe the slot, not this journey; the route comparison is above. Why the hour matters.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · June 2024 – August 2026 · Hours below 120 departures are not scored.
Other routes DL3162 has flown
Carriers reassign flight numbers. DL3162 also served these 2 other city pairs in the period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTW→MKE Detroit to Milwaukee | September 11, 2025 – November 7, 2025 | 42 | — |
| MKE→DTW Milwaukee to Detroit | September 11, 2025 – November 7, 2025 | 42 | — |
The figures above describe only MYR → ATL, the route DL3162 flies now.
When it goes wrong
The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.
6 min late
against a median of 13 min early
Percentiles over 620 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering June 2024 – August 2026
Other flights on this route
Same airports, same journey, different odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL3162 this flight | Delta Air Lines | 92.9% | 13 min early | 620 |
| DL3047 | Delta Air Lines | 90.3% | 15 min early | 798 |
Among all 2 departures on this route with at least 600 operations, DL3162 has the highest on-time rate. Every departure here has at least 600 operations; the other rows are the most punctual on the route, not all of them.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 620 records of DL3162 operating MYR → ATL, 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 reported separately, not in the on-time rate.
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