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DL897

Salt Lake City (SLC) to Atlanta (ATL) · scheduled 8:00 AM – 1:48 PM

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How DL897 performs

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

On-time arrivals
88.7%
661 of 745 completed
Cancellation rate
0.80%
6 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-10 min
Average -1.2 min
Severe delays
4.0%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
88 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
89.0%
Left the gate on time

DL897 arrived on time 88.7% of the time, against 85.8% for all SLCATL flights — this specific departure is 2.9 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 2.7 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 timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL89788.7%0.80%-10 min4.0%754
Delta Air Lines on SLCATL86.0%0.56%-10 min4.3%8,925
All SLCATL flights85.8%0.57%-10 min4.4%8,986

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

Other routes DL897 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
MSPSAV Minneapolis to Savannah2024-05-072024-06-0631
SAVMSP Savannah to Minneapolis2024-05-072024-06-0631
SEABOS Seattle to Boston2024-04-092024-05-0624
SLCMSP Salt Lake City to Minneapolis2024-03-102024-04-0818
LAXSFO Los Angeles to San Francisco2024-03-122024-04-0612
MKEMSP Milwaukee to Minneapolis2024-01-082024-03-0958
MSPMKE Minneapolis to Milwaukee2024-01-082024-03-0958
SANDTW San Diego to Detroit2023-10-092024-01-0732
ATLBWI Atlanta to Baltimore2023-11-062023-12-1113
LAXSEA Los Angeles to Seattle2023-12-042023-12-063
FLLCVG Fort Lauderdale to Cincinnati / Covington2023-10-282023-11-046
SJCATL San Jose to Atlanta2023-10-122023-10-226
SLCANC Salt Lake City to Anchorage2023-09-082023-09-176
ATLGEG Atlanta to Spokane2023-07-102023-09-0432
GEGATL Spokane to Atlanta2023-07-102023-09-0432
ATLLAX Atlanta to Los Angeles2023-07-092023-07-091
ATLGSO Atlanta to Greensboro2023-07-012023-07-082
GSOATL Greensboro to Atlanta2023-07-012023-07-082

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL897 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 754 records of DL897 operating SLCATL, 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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