Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL738
New York (JFK) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 3:40 PM – 7:00 PM
How DL738 performs
775 operations, 2024-03-10 to 2026-06-30.
DL738 arrived on time 76.4% of the time, against 80.0% for all JFK → LAX flights — this specific departure is 3.6 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 2.0 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 775 operations between 2024-03-10 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL738 | 76.4% | 1.29% | -9 min | 8.2% | 775 |
| Delta Air Lines on JFK → LAX | 78.5% | 0.82% | -7 min | 7.3% | 9,994 |
| All JFK → LAX flights | 80.0% | 1.00% | -11 min | 7.4% | 30,232 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-03-10 to 2026-06-30
Other routes DL738 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.
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL738 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 775 records of DL738 operating JFK → 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.