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DL871

Salt Lake City (SLC) to Seattle (SEA) · scheduled 5:10 PM – 6:24 PM

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How DL871 performs

699 operations, 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
85.2%
592 of 695 completed
Cancellation rate
0.29%
2 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-10 min
Average -0.7 min
Severe delays
4.0%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
58 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
80.9%
Left the gate on time

DL871 arrived on time 85.2% of the time, against 81.0% for all SLCSEA flights — this specific departure is 4.2 percentage points better than the route as a whole.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 699 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL87185.2%0.29%-10 min4.0%699
Delta Air Lines on SLCSEA84.9%0.38%-9 min3.7%6,615
All SLCSEA flights81.0%0.69%-7 min4.1%11,934

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Other routes DL871 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
CVGATL Cincinnati / Covington to Atlanta2024-05-072024-06-0626
ATLROC Atlanta to Rochester2024-05-112024-06-015
ROCATL Rochester to Atlanta2024-05-112024-06-015
MYRATL Myrtle Beach to Atlanta2024-04-092024-05-0628
SFOATL San Francisco to Atlanta2023-11-052024-04-089488.3%
PHXATL Phoenix to Atlanta2024-02-152024-03-0823
ATLPBI Atlanta to West Palm Beach2023-10-282023-11-048
ABQLAX Albuquerque to Los Angeles2023-10-122023-10-165
ORDMSP Chicago to Minneapolis2023-09-052023-10-0834
ATLSEA Atlanta to Seattle2023-07-102023-09-0457
DFWLAX Dallas–Fort Worth to Los Angeles2023-07-012023-07-099
LAXDFW Los Angeles to Dallas–Fort Worth2023-07-012023-07-099

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL871 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 699 records of DL871 operating SLCSEA, 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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