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DL82

Memphis (MEM) to Atlanta (ATL) · scheduled 12:12 PM – 2:26 PM

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How DL82 performs

988 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
90.5%
880 of 972 completed
Cancellation rate
1.52%
15 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-12 min
Average -4.6 min
Severe delays
3.1%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
71 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
89.6%
Left the gate on time

DL82 arrived on time 90.5% of the time, against 87.8% for all MEMATL flights — this specific departure is 2.8 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 2.2 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 988 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL8290.5%1.52%-12 min3.1%988
Delta Air Lines on MEMATL88.3%1.42%-13 min4.7%9,184
All MEMATL flights87.8%1.36%-12 min4.7%10,171

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does DL82 run worse on particular days?

Monday88.5%
Tuesday93.0%
Wednesday93.1%
Thursday90.8%
Friday89.8%
Saturday91.7%
Sunday86.6%

Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 6.5 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 988 records of DL82 operating MEMATL, 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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