Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL516
Dallas (DAL) to Atlanta (ATL) · scheduled 6:00 AM – 9:05 AM
How DL516 performs
731 operations, 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30.
DL516 arrived on time 86.8% of the time, against 79.3% for all DAL → ATL flights — this specific departure is 7.5 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 4.9 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 731 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL516 | 86.8% | 2.05% | -6 min | 6.3% | 731 |
| Delta Air Lines on DAL → ATL | 81.9% | 1.49% | -9 min | 7.4% | 5,506 |
| All DAL → ATL flights | 79.3% | 1.38% | -6 min | 7.3% | 10,505 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30
Other routes DL516 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JFK→LAX New York to Los Angeles | 2023-07-02 – 2025-05-06 | 255 | 76.1% |
| SEA→DTW Seattle to Detroit | 2024-01-15 – 2024-03-08 | 21 | — |
| ATL→SAV Atlanta to Savannah | 2024-01-08 – 2024-03-02 | 30 | — |
| SAV→ATL Savannah to Atlanta | 2024-01-08 – 2024-03-02 | 30 | — |
| LGA→MIA New York to Miami | 2023-12-16 – 2023-12-31 | 16 | — |
| ATL→PHL Atlanta to Philadelphia | 2023-12-02 – 2023-12-02 | 1 | — |
| ATL→BOS Atlanta to Boston | 2023-11-04 – 2023-11-04 | 1 | — |
| LAX→DTW Los Angeles to Detroit | 2023-10-28 – 2023-10-28 | 1 | — |
| BOS→LGA Boston to New York | 2023-10-14 – 2023-10-21 | 2 | — |
| MSN→MSP Madison to Minneapolis | 2023-07-01 – 2023-07-08 | 2 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL516 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why DL516 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for DL516 on DAL → ATL. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on DAL → ATL
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2780 | Delta Air Lines | 75.6% | 7 min early | 801 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 731 records of DL516 operating DAL → ATL, 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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