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DL640

San Francisco (SFO) to Atlanta (ATL) · scheduled 7:15 AM – 3:34 PM

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How DL640 performs

753 operations, 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
89.9%
670 of 745 completed
Cancellation rate
0.66%
5 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-10 min
Average -3.3 min
Severe delays
2.8%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
74 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
91.0%
Left the gate on time

DL640 arrived on time 89.9% of the time, against 81.7% for all SFOATL flights — this specific departure is 8.2 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 5.7 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 timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL64089.9%0.66%-10 min2.8%753
Delta Air Lines on SFOATL84.3%0.72%-8 min4.6%7,085
All SFOATL flights81.7%0.93%-7 min5.5%9,752

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Other routes DL640 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
JFKDTW New York to Detroit2024-05-072024-06-0631
MCOATL Orlando to Atlanta2024-04-092024-05-0628
BOSAUS Boston to Austin2024-03-102024-04-0827
SEACVG Seattle to Cincinnati / Covington2024-01-082024-03-0962
CVGSEA Cincinnati / Covington to Seattle2024-02-052024-02-283
BNADTW Nashville to Detroit2023-12-072024-01-0732
HNLJFK Honolulu to New York2023-07-012023-12-0680
BOSPBI Boston to West Palm Beach2023-09-052023-11-0358
PBIBOS West Palm Beach to Boston2023-09-052023-11-0358

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL640 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 753 records of DL640 operating SFOATL, 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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