Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL538
Tampa (TPA) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 7:00 AM – 9:20 AM
How DL538 performs
753 operations, 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30.
DL538 arrived on time 87.7% of the time, against 82.9% for all TPA → LAX flights — this specific departure is 4.8 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 4.7 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 753 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL538 | 87.7% | 1.59% | -7 min | 3.8% | 753 |
| Delta Air Lines on TPA → LAX | 83.0% | 1.29% | -6 min | 5.4% | 1,787 |
| All TPA → LAX flights | 82.9% | 1.03% | -7 min | 5.3% | 3,287 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30
Other routes DL538 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSY→LAX New Orleans to Los Angeles | 2024-05-09 – 2024-06-06 | 16 | — |
| LAX→MSY Los Angeles to New Orleans | 2024-05-07 – 2024-06-05 | 15 | — |
| DFW→LAX Dallas–Fort Worth to Los Angeles | 2023-09-05 – 2024-05-06 | 123 | 77.2% |
| SLC→ATL Salt Lake City to Atlanta | 2024-01-08 – 2024-03-09 | 62 | — |
| STT→JFK Charlotte Amalie to New York | 2023-12-09 – 2024-01-07 | 24 | — |
| ATL→SAT Atlanta to San Antonio | 2023-11-02 – 2023-11-04 | 3 | — |
| RDU→MCO Raleigh–Durham to Orlando | 2023-10-28 – 2023-11-01 | 5 | — |
| MSN→ATL Madison to Atlanta | 2023-10-09 – 2023-10-27 | 17 | — |
| MSP→MCI Minneapolis to Kansas City | 2023-10-14 – 2023-10-21 | 2 | — |
| ATL→SFO Atlanta to San Francisco | 2023-07-05 – 2023-09-04 | 31 | — |
| MCO→DTW Orlando to Detroit | 2023-07-15 – 2023-09-03 | 9 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL538 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 753 records of DL538 operating TPA → LAX, 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.