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DL873

New York (LGA) to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) · scheduled 7:55 AM – 10:59 AM

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How DL873 performs

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

On-time arrivals
82.4%
584 of 709 completed
Cancellation rate
3.23%
24 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-15 min
Average -4.7 min
Severe delays
7.6%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
63 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
89.4%
Left the gate on time

DL873 arrived on time 82.4% of the time, against 74.8% for all LGADFW flights — this specific departure is 7.5 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 6.6 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 742 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL87382.4%3.23%-15 min7.6%742
Delta Air Lines on LGADFW75.8%2.35%-10 min10.7%5,969
All LGADFW flights74.8%3.12%-9 min10.7%19,597

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

Other routes DL873 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
DFWLGA Dallas–Fort Worth to New York2026-01-052026-06-3016075.3%
ORDBOS Chicago to Boston2024-05-072024-06-0626
ATLMSN Atlanta to Madison2024-05-112024-06-015
MSNATL Madison to Atlanta2024-05-112024-06-015
MSPDEN Minneapolis to Denver2024-04-092024-05-0628
TPAATL Tampa to Atlanta2024-03-102024-04-0826
MSPSEA Minneapolis to Seattle2024-01-082024-03-0850
LAXATL Los Angeles to Atlanta2023-07-052024-01-0711478.8%
MSPMSY Minneapolis to New Orleans2023-12-042023-12-063
INDATL Indianapolis to Atlanta2023-11-052023-12-0329
LAXABQ Los Angeles to Albuquerque2023-10-122023-10-165

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL873 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 742 records of DL873 operating LGADFW, 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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