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DL816

San Antonio (SAT) to Boston (BOS) · scheduled 12:22 PM – 5:20 PM

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How DL816 performs

470 operations, 2025-01-06 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
62.1%
285 of 459 completed
Cancellation rate
1.70%
8 cancelled
Median arrival delay
4 min
Average 25.7 min
Severe delays
19.0%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
82 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
66.7%
Left the gate on time

DL816 arrived on time 62.1% of the time, against 64.7% for all SATBOS flights — this specific departure is 2.6 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 1.5 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 470 operations between 2025-01-06 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL81662.1%1.70%4 min19.0%470
Delta Air Lines on SATBOS63.6%1.96%2 min17.7%562
All SATBOS flights64.7%1.93%2 min16.4%1,035

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-01-06 to 2026-06-30

Other routes DL816 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
BOSSAT Boston to San Antonio2026-06-072026-06-3024
MCOLAX Orlando to Los Angeles2026-05-072026-06-0631
JACSLC Jackson to Salt Lake City2025-12-202026-01-0416
ATLPDX Atlanta to Portland2024-06-072024-12-1819573.1%
PDXATL Portland to Atlanta2024-09-092024-10-0628
ORDDTW Chicago to Detroit2024-05-072024-06-0631
MKEATL Milwaukee to Atlanta2024-01-082024-05-069087.6%
ATLMKE Atlanta to Milwaukee2024-01-082024-05-069085.4%
DFWMSP Dallas–Fort Worth to Minneapolis2024-03-102024-04-0830
DALLAX Dallas to Los Angeles2023-12-162023-12-3013
LAXJFK Los Angeles to New York2023-09-172023-12-1577
BOSLAS Boston to Las Vegas2023-11-252023-11-251
DENATL Denver to Atlanta2023-07-102023-09-0457
ATLRDU Atlanta to Raleigh–Durham2023-07-012023-07-099
RDUATL Raleigh–Durham to Atlanta2023-07-012023-07-099

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL816 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 470 records of DL816 operating SATBOS, 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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