Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL407
Los Angeles (LAX) to Detroit (DTW) · scheduled 10:30 PM – 5:44 AM
How DL407 performs
929 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
DL407 arrived on time 81.2% of the time, against 83.8% for all LAX → DTW flights — this specific departure is 2.7 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 3.5 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 929 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL407 | 81.2% | 0.43% | -6 min | 5.0% | 929 |
| Delta Air Lines on LAX → DTW | 84.6% | 0.65% | -8 min | 4.2% | 5,974 |
| All LAX → DTW flights | 83.8% | 0.84% | -8 min | 5.1% | 8,099 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does DL407 run worse on particular days?
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Thursday the least, a gap of 13.4 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes DL407 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STT→BOS Charlotte Amalie to Boston | 2026-01-06 – 2026-03-07 | 61 | — |
| ALB→DTW Albany to Detroit | 2025-06-06 – 2025-06-06 | 1 | — |
| DTW→ALB Detroit to Albany | 2025-06-06 – 2025-06-06 | 1 | — |
| LGA→BOS New York to Boston | 2025-04-19 – 2025-04-26 | 2 | — |
| MSP→ORD Minneapolis to Chicago | 2025-03-15 – 2025-04-12 | 5 | — |
| PBI→JFK West Palm Beach to New York | 2024-04-09 – 2024-05-06 | 28 | — |
| PDX→ATL Portland to Atlanta | 2023-10-28 – 2023-10-31 | 4 | — |
| MSN→SLC Madison to Salt Lake City | 2023-08-20 – 2023-08-23 | 2 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL407 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 929 records of DL407 operating LAX → DTW, 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.