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DL486

Kailua-Kona (KOA) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 9:30 PM – 5:00 AM

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How DL486 performs

660 operations, 2024-09-09 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
85.1%
549 of 645 completed
Cancellation rate
2.12%
14 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-7 min
Average 3.5 min
Severe delays
4.5%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
81 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
82.7%
Left the gate on time

DL486 arrived on time 85.1% of the time, against 86.3% for all KOALAX flights — this specific departure is 1.1 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 2.0 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 660 operations between 2024-09-09 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL48685.1%2.12%-7 min4.5%660
Delta Air Lines on KOALAX87.1%2.01%-9 min4.0%1,096
All KOALAX flights86.3%1.02%-10 min4.3%4,888

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-09-09 to 2026-06-30

Other routes DL486 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.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
SJCATL San Jose to Atlanta2023-07-012024-09-0829595.5%
DFWBOS Dallas–Fort Worth to Boston2024-06-082024-09-0717
PHXJFK Phoenix to New York2024-04-092024-05-0628
SANBOS San Diego to Boston2024-01-082024-03-0962

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL486 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 660 records of DL486 operating KOALAX, 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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