Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL325
Atlanta (ATL) to Washington (DCA) · scheduled 6:55 PM – 8:36 PM
How DL325 performs
744 operations, 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30.
DL325 arrived on time 61.5% of the time, against 74.2% for all ATL → DCA flights — this specific departure is 12.7 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 10.4 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL325 | 61.5% | 3.09% | 4 min | 13.0% | 744 |
| Delta Air Lines on ATL → DCA | 71.9% | 1.72% | 0 min | 8.4% | 11,479 |
| All ATL → DCA flights | 74.2% | 2.20% | -3 min | 8.5% | 20,601 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30
Other routes DL325 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSP→LAX Minneapolis to Los Angeles | 2024-05-09 – 2024-06-06 | 16 | — |
| BOS→DFW Boston to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2024-05-11 – 2024-06-01 | 5 | — |
| DFW→BOS Dallas–Fort Worth to Boston | 2024-05-11 – 2024-06-01 | 5 | — |
| MSP→SAT Minneapolis to San Antonio | 2024-04-13 – 2024-05-06 | 13 | — |
| SAT→MSP San Antonio to Minneapolis | 2024-04-22 – 2024-05-06 | 9 | — |
| ATL→LAX Atlanta to Los Angeles | 2024-04-17 – 2024-04-17 | 1 | — |
| DTW→ATL Detroit to Atlanta | 2024-04-14 – 2024-04-14 | 1 | — |
| DFW→LGA Dallas–Fort Worth to New York | 2024-03-10 – 2024-04-08 | 26 | — |
| OMA→ATL Omaha to Atlanta | 2024-03-16 – 2024-04-06 | 4 | — |
| DEN→ATL Denver to Atlanta | 2024-01-08 – 2024-03-09 | 62 | — |
| JFK→PHX New York to Phoenix | 2023-10-09 – 2024-01-07 | 50 | — |
| PHX→JFK Phoenix to New York | 2023-12-16 – 2024-01-07 | 17 | — |
| ATL→BDL Atlanta to Hartford | 2023-11-06 – 2023-12-15 | 28 | — |
| BDL→ATL Hartford to Atlanta | 2023-11-06 – 2023-12-15 | 28 | — |
| ATL→RIC Atlanta to Richmond | 2023-11-28 – 2023-12-06 | 9 | — |
| JFK→SFO New York to San Francisco | 2023-09-05 – 2023-09-15 | 11 | — |
| SFO→JFK San Francisco to New York | 2023-09-05 – 2023-09-15 | 11 | — |
| CVG→SEA Cincinnati / Covington to Seattle | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 66 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL325 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why DL325 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for DL325 on ATL → DCA. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on ATL → DCA
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL380 | Delta Air Lines | 82.8% | 5 min early | 1,003 |
| DL926 | Delta Air Lines | 81.1% | 0 min early | 759 |
| DL737 | Delta Air Lines | 81.0% | 3 min early | 1,028 |
| DL360 | Delta Air Lines | 74.7% | 2 min early | 754 |
| DL537 | Delta Air Lines | 73.4% | 4 min early | 1,013 |
| DL950 | Delta Air Lines | 68.9% | 2 min early | 995 |
| DL850 | Delta Air Lines | 65.8% | 2 min late | 872 |
| DL832 | Delta Air Lines | 65.7% | 4 min late | 960 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 744 records of DL325 operating ATL → 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.
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