Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL852
Detroit (DTW) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 6:30 PM – 8:19 PM
How DL852 performs
278 operations, 2025-06-08 to 2026-06-30.
DL852 arrived on time 77.9% of the time, against 81.2% for all DTW → LAX flights — this specific departure is 3.3 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 2.6 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 278 operations between 2025-06-08 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL852 | 77.9% | 0.72% | -3 min | 8.7% | 278 |
| Delta Air Lines on DTW → LAX | 80.4% | 0.62% | -7 min | 6.0% | 5,973 |
| All DTW → LAX flights | 81.2% | 0.67% | -9 min | 5.9% | 8,098 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-06-08 to 2026-06-30
Other routes DL852 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.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATL→DTW Atlanta to Detroit | 2026-04-13 – 2026-05-06 | 24 | — |
| IAH→DTW Houston to Detroit | 2026-01-05 – 2026-03-07 | 62 | — |
| ATL→CLT Atlanta to Charlotte | 2025-12-20 – 2026-01-04 | 16 | — |
| GEG→SEA Spokane to Seattle | 2025-05-07 – 2025-06-07 | 32 | — |
| ATL→JFK Atlanta to New York | 2025-04-20 – 2025-05-04 | 3 | — |
| ATL→ILM Atlanta to Wilmington | 2025-03-31 – 2025-04-01 | 2 | — |
| ILM→ATL Wilmington to Atlanta | 2025-03-31 – 2025-04-01 | 2 | — |
| SEA→GEG Seattle to Spokane | 2025-01-06 – 2025-03-08 | 62 | — |
| ATL→MEM Atlanta to Memphis | 2024-06-07 – 2024-12-18 | 164 | 80.4% |
| MSP→TPA Minneapolis to Tampa | 2024-05-07 – 2024-06-06 | 31 | — |
| TPA→MSP Tampa to Minneapolis | 2024-05-07 – 2024-06-06 | 31 | — |
| MSP→RSW Minneapolis to Fort Myers | 2024-04-09 – 2024-05-06 | 28 | — |
| LAS→RDU Las Vegas to Raleigh–Durham | 2024-03-10 – 2024-04-08 | 22 | — |
| ATL→DAB Atlanta to Daytona Beach | 2024-01-08 – 2024-03-09 | 61 | — |
| DAB→ATL Daytona Beach to Atlanta | 2024-01-08 – 2024-03-09 | 61 | — |
| MSP→SEA Minneapolis to Seattle | 2023-07-01 – 2024-01-02 | 113 | 94.7% |
| SLC→LAX Salt Lake City to Los Angeles | 2023-11-05 – 2023-12-15 | 40 | — |
| RSW→MSP Fort Myers to Minneapolis | 2023-10-09 – 2023-10-27 | 19 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL852 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 278 records of DL852 operating DTW → LAX, 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.