Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL459
Seattle (SEA) to Boston (BOS) · scheduled 7:50 AM – 3:59 PM
How DL459 performs
754 operations, 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30.
DL459 arrived on time 89.6% of the time, against 75.5% for all SEA → BOS flights — this specific departure is 14.1 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 5.4 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 754 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL459 | 89.6% | 1.33% | -14 min | 4.3% | 754 |
| Delta Air Lines on SEA → BOS | 84.2% | 0.94% | -9 min | 4.3% | 2,863 |
| All SEA → BOS flights | 75.5% | 0.86% | -4 min | 7.3% | 7,585 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30
Other routes DL459 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEA→DTW Seattle to Detroit | 2023-07-01 – 2024-06-06 | 186 | 82.7% |
| SEA→ANC Seattle to Anchorage | 2024-04-09 – 2024-05-06 | 28 | — |
| SFO→DTW San Francisco to Detroit | 2024-01-08 – 2024-03-08 | 47 | — |
| ORD→DTW Chicago to Detroit | 2023-11-23 – 2023-11-23 | 1 | — |
| BOS→JAX Boston to Jacksonville | 2023-11-01 – 2023-11-01 | 1 | — |
| MSP→SEA Minneapolis to Seattle | 2023-10-28 – 2023-10-31 | 4 | — |
| ATL→LAX Atlanta to Los Angeles | 2023-07-10 – 2023-09-04 | 48 | — |
| LGA→BOS New York to Boston | 2023-09-03 – 2023-09-03 | 1 | — |
| ATL→ORF Atlanta to Norfolk | 2023-07-15 – 2023-07-29 | 3 | — |
| ORF→ATL Norfolk to Atlanta | 2023-07-15 – 2023-07-29 | 3 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL459 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 754 records of DL459 operating SEA → BOS, 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.