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DL968

New York (LGA) to Atlanta (ATL) · scheduled 5:00 PM – 7:35 PM

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How DL968 performs

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

On-time arrivals
73.3%
497 of 678 completed
Cancellation rate
1.87%
13 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-7 min
Average 10.5 min
Severe delays
11.9%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
82 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
69.4%
Left the gate on time

DL968 arrived on time 73.3% of the time, against 78.6% for all LGAATL flights — this specific departure is 5.3 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 8.6 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 694 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL96873.3%1.87%-7 min11.9%694
Delta Air Lines on LGAATL81.9%1.70%-11 min7.1%14,199
All LGAATL flights78.6%2.31%-9 min8.6%23,926

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

Other routes DL968 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
BOSDCA Boston to Washington2024-09-092024-10-0624
SATLAX San Antonio to Los Angeles2024-05-072024-06-0626
SLCOAK Salt Lake City to Oakland2024-05-112024-06-015
SEAATL Seattle to Atlanta2024-04-112024-05-0616
TPABOS Tampa to Boston2024-03-102024-04-0830
ATLHSV Atlanta to Huntsville2024-02-012024-03-0938
HSVATL Huntsville to Atlanta2024-02-012024-03-0938
LASMCO Las Vegas to Orlando2024-01-122024-01-121
ATLRSW Atlanta to Fort Myers2023-12-162024-01-0723
RSWATL Fort Myers to Atlanta2023-12-162024-01-0723
BOSDFW Boston to Dallas–Fort Worth2023-07-022023-12-1514674.0%
DFWBOS Dallas–Fort Worth to Boston2023-07-012023-12-1519
LGAORD New York to Chicago2023-11-262023-11-261

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL968 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 694 records of DL968 operating LGAATL, 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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