Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL742
New York (JFK) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 7:00 AM – 10:30 AM
How DL742 performs
795 operations, 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 795 operations between 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL742 | 79.8% | 0.88% | -6 min | 6.0% | 795 |
| 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 · 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does DL742 run worse on particular days?
Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 10.0 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes DL742 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→DTW New York to Detroit | 2026-01-10 – 2026-02-07 | 5 | — |
| BOS→ORD Boston to Chicago | 2024-05-07 – 2024-06-06 | 26 | — |
| LGA→CHS New York to Charleston | 2024-04-09 – 2024-05-06 | 28 | — |
| JFK→SFO New York to San Francisco | 2023-10-09 – 2024-01-07 | 82 | — |
| SFO→JFK San Francisco to New York | 2023-11-05 – 2023-12-15 | 39 | — |
| ATL→SEA Atlanta to Seattle | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 60 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL742 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 795 records of DL742 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.