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DL771

New York (JFK) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 4:50 PM – 8:15 PM

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How DL771 performs

799 operations, 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
75.2%
595 of 791 completed
Cancellation rate
0.75%
6 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-7 min
Average 6.4 min
Severe delays
8.3%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
72 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
79.9%
Left the gate on time

DL771 arrived on time 75.2% of the time, against 80.0% for all JFKLAX flights — this specific departure is 4.8 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 3.2 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 799 operations between 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL77175.2%0.75%-7 min8.3%799
Delta Air Lines on JFKLAX78.5%0.82%-7 min7.3%9,994
All JFKLAX flights80.0%1.00%-11 min7.4%30,232

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30

Other routes DL771 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
LGAATL New York to Atlanta2023-07-022024-06-0619391.2%
ATLLGA Atlanta to New York2024-03-102024-05-0654

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL771 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 799 records of DL771 operating JFKLAX, 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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