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DL881

Minneapolis (MSP) to Seattle (SEA) · scheduled 6:45 PM – 8:46 PM

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How DL881 performs

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

On-time arrivals
76.4%
556 of 728 completed
Cancellation rate
0.54%
4 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-7 min
Average 4.1 min
Severe delays
7.4%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
58 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
73.6%
Left the gate on time

DL881 arrived on time 76.4% of the time, against 84.2% for all MSPSEA flights — this specific departure is 7.8 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 9.7 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 734 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL88176.4%0.54%-7 min7.4%734
Delta Air Lines on MSPSEA86.1%0.50%-11 min3.7%5,252
All MSPSEA flights84.2%0.68%-10 min3.9%8,053

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

Other routes DL881 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
SEADTW Seattle to Detroit2023-07-012024-06-0625289.6%
JFKAUS New York to Austin2024-04-092024-05-0628
TPAATL Tampa to Atlanta2024-01-082024-03-0941

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL881 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 734 records of DL881 operating MSPSEA, 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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