Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL494
Los Angeles (LAX) to Detroit (DTW) · scheduled 8:00 AM – 5:10 PM
How DL494 performs
921 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
DL494 arrived on time 88.0% of the time, against 83.8% for all LAX → DTW flights — this specific departure is 4.2 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 3.4 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 921 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL494 | 88.0% | 0.76% | -10 min | 3.4% | 921 |
| 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 DL494 run worse on particular days?
Saturday is historically the most reliable day and Monday the least, a gap of 9.9 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 DL494 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SFO→DTW San Francisco to Detroit | 2025-12-21 – 2026-01-04 | 9 | — |
| SAN→ATL San Diego to Atlanta | 2024-04-11 – 2024-06-03 | 31 | — |
| LGA→TPA New York to Tampa | 2024-04-13 – 2024-04-27 | 3 | — |
| LAX→MCO Los Angeles to Orlando | 2024-01-08 – 2024-03-09 | 62 | — |
| MCO→LAX Orlando to Los Angeles | 2024-01-15 – 2024-03-08 | 21 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL494 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 921 records of DL494 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.