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DL653

Atlanta (ATL) to Salt Lake City (SLC) · scheduled 5:50 PM – 8:00 PM

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How DL653 performs

1,093 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
81.3%
884 of 1,088 completed
Cancellation rate
0.37%
4 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-5 min
Average 4.5 min
Severe delays
6.8%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
63 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
77.8%
Left the gate on time

DL653 arrived on time 81.3% of the time, against 83.7% for all ATLSLC flights — this specific departure is 2.5 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 2.5 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,093 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL65381.3%0.37%-5 min6.8%1,093
Delta Air Lines on ATLSLC83.8%0.53%-8 min4.8%8,912
All ATLSLC flights83.7%0.53%-8 min4.8%8,973

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does DL653 run worse on particular days?

Monday83.3%
Tuesday82.8%
Wednesday87.8%
Thursday85.1%
Friday74.5%
Saturday76.4%
Sunday78.7%

Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 13.3 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.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,093 records of DL653 operating ATLSLC, 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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