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DL944

Detroit (DTW) to Seattle (SEA) · scheduled 3:55 PM – 6:05 PM

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How DL944 performs

889 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
77.8%
689 of 886 completed
Cancellation rate
0.34%
3 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-6 min
Average 2.6 min
Severe delays
4.7%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
52 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
78.9%
Left the gate on time

DL944 arrived on time 77.8% of the time, against 80.5% for all DTWSEA flights — this specific departure is 2.7 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 3.5 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 889 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL94477.8%0.34%-6 min4.7%889
Delta Air Lines on DTWSEA81.2%0.60%-8 min4.8%4,640
All DTWSEA flights80.5%0.64%-7 min4.8%6,207

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does DL944 run worse on particular days?

Monday78.6%
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday78.9%
Friday74.4%
Saturday80.0%
Sunday75.9%

Saturday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 5.6 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.

Other routes DL944 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
DCASEA Washington to Seattle2026-01-052026-02-1138
DFWDTW Dallas–Fort Worth to Detroit2025-01-062025-03-0862
MSPSJC Minneapolis to San Jose2024-01-082024-03-0849

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL944 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 889 records of DL944 operating DTWSEA, 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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