Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL434
Atlanta (ATL) to New York (LGA) · scheduled 6:30 PM – 8:14 PM
How DL434 performs
810 operations, 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30.
DL434 arrived on time 68.1% of the time, against 76.9% for all ATL → LGA flights — this specific departure is 8.8 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 11.6 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 810 operations between 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL434 | 68.1% | 1.85% | -1 min | 13.7% | 810 |
| Delta Air Lines on ATL → LGA | 79.7% | 1.67% | -7 min | 7.2% | 14,204 |
| All ATL → LGA flights | 76.9% | 2.22% | -6 min | 8.8% | 23,931 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does DL434 run worse on particular days?
Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Thursday the least, a gap of 14.9 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes DL434 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.
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL434 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 810 records of DL434 operating ATL → LGA, 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.