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DL791

New York (JFK) to Phoenix (PHX) · scheduled 8:05 AM – 10:56 AM

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How DL791 performs

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

On-time arrivals
84.9%
626 of 737 completed
Cancellation rate
1.99%
15 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-11 min
Average -5.7 min
Severe delays
2.8%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
46 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
90.7%
Left the gate on time

DL791 arrived on time 84.9% of the time, against 80.2% for all JFKPHX flights — this specific departure is 4.7 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 4.6 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 754 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL79184.9%1.99%-11 min2.8%754
Delta Air Lines on JFKPHX80.3%1.65%-11 min6.5%2,730
All JFKPHX flights80.2%1.55%-11 min7.1%8,323

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

Other routes DL791 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
PHXJFK Phoenix to New York2024-06-072026-06-3047576.4%
ATLBOS Atlanta to Boston2024-05-072024-06-0631
MSPSTL Minneapolis to St. Louis2024-04-092024-05-0628
SFODTW San Francisco to Detroit2024-03-102024-04-0830
EWRSLC Newark to Salt Lake City2024-01-082024-03-0962
SLCEWR Salt Lake City to Newark2024-01-082024-03-0962
ATLLGA Atlanta to New York2023-07-022024-01-0718087.6%

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL791 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 754 records of DL791 operating JFKPHX, 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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