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DL840

Denver (DEN) to Atlanta (ATL) · scheduled 4:43 PM – 9:50 PM

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How DL840 performs

668 operations, 2023-07-05 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
76.2%
500 of 656 completed
Cancellation rate
1.35%
9 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-7 min
Average 11.5 min
Severe delays
9.5%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
93 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
71.2%
Left the gate on time

DL840 arrived on time 76.2% of the time, against 78.7% for all DENATL flights — this specific departure is 2.5 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 8.0 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 668 operations between 2023-07-05 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL84076.2%1.35%-7 min9.5%668
Delta Air Lines on DENATL84.2%0.84%-9 min5.1%8,492
All DENATL flights78.7%0.80%-5 min6.6%17,593

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-05 to 2026-06-30

Other routes DL840 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
ATLDEN Atlanta to Denver2023-07-012026-06-0632781.9%
TPALGA Tampa to New York2024-12-212026-01-0428
FLLJFK Fort Lauderdale to New York2025-01-062025-03-0735
JFKSFO New York to San Francisco2024-12-192024-12-202
SFOJFK San Francisco to New York2024-12-192024-12-202
DTWRSW Detroit to Fort Myers2024-03-102024-04-0830
RSWDTW Fort Myers to Detroit2024-03-102024-04-0830
BOSSFO Boston to San Francisco2023-11-032023-11-042

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL840 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 668 records of DL840 operating DENATL, 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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