Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL868
Minneapolis (MSP) to Seattle (SEA) · scheduled 8:50 AM – 10:45 AM
How DL868 performs
754 operations, 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30.
DL868 arrived on time 90.1% of the time, against 84.2% for all MSP → SEA flights — this specific departure is 5.9 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 4.1 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 time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL868 | 90.1% | 0.53% | -9 min | 2.4% | 754 |
| Delta Air Lines on MSP → SEA | 86.1% | 0.50% | -11 min | 3.7% | 5,252 |
| All MSP → SEA flights | 84.2% | 0.68% | -10 min | 3.9% | 8,053 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30
Other routes DL868 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAX→MSP Los Angeles to Minneapolis | 2023-07-01 – 2024-06-06 | 65 | — |
| ATL→MKE Atlanta to Milwaukee | 2024-01-08 – 2024-05-06 | 104 | 82.4% |
| MKE→ATL Milwaukee to Atlanta | 2024-01-08 – 2024-05-06 | 90 | 85.4% |
| MCI→MSP Kansas City to Minneapolis | 2023-12-16 – 2024-01-07 | 14 | — |
| DEN→ATL Denver to Atlanta | 2023-09-11 – 2023-12-15 | 39 | — |
| OMA→MSP Omaha to Minneapolis | 2023-12-07 – 2023-12-07 | 1 | — |
| ATL→MDT Atlanta to Harrisburg | 2023-12-04 – 2023-12-06 | 3 | — |
| MDT→ATL Harrisburg to Atlanta | 2023-12-04 – 2023-12-06 | 3 | — |
| BOS→MSP Boston to Minneapolis | 2023-11-22 – 2023-11-22 | 1 | — |
| LAS→DTW Las Vegas to Detroit | 2023-10-31 – 2023-10-31 | 1 | — |
| LAS→RDU Las Vegas to Raleigh–Durham | 2023-10-15 – 2023-10-29 | 3 | — |
| MKE→SLC Milwaukee to Salt Lake City | 2023-07-02 – 2023-07-09 | 8 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL868 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 754 records of DL868 operating MSP → SEA, 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.