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DL917

New York (JFK) to Salt Lake City (SLC) · scheduled 11:00 AM – 2:40 PM

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How DL917 performs

814 operations, 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
84.8%
683 of 805 completed
Cancellation rate
0.98%
8 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-10 min
Average -4.9 min
Severe delays
3.0%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
46 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
86.8%
Left the gate on time

DL917 arrived on time 84.8% of the time, against 80.1% for all JFKSLC flights — this specific departure is 4.8 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 1.3 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 814 operations between 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL91784.8%0.98%-10 min3.0%814
Delta Air Lines on JFKSLC83.6%0.81%-13 min5.3%4,553
All JFKSLC flights80.1%1.07%-11 min7.0%5,904

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30

Other routes DL917 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
RDUBOS Raleigh–Durham to Boston2024-05-072024-06-0623
LAXATL Los Angeles to Atlanta2024-04-112024-05-0616
DFWATL Dallas–Fort Worth to Atlanta2024-03-102024-04-0830
EWRSLC Newark to Salt Lake City2023-09-052024-01-0712588.0%
SLCBNA Salt Lake City to Nashville2023-07-102023-09-0457
GPTATL Gulfport to Atlanta2023-07-012023-07-099

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL917 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 814 records of DL917 operating JFKSLC, 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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