Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL970
New York (LGA) to Atlanta (ATL) · scheduled 7:00 PM – 9:38 PM
How DL970 performs
670 operations, 2023-09-17 to 2026-06-30.
DL970 arrived on time 70.0% of the time, against 78.6% for all LGA → ATL flights — this specific departure is 8.6 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 11.8 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 670 operations between 2023-09-17 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL970 | 70.0% | 2.54% | -6 min | 12.9% | 670 |
| Delta Air Lines on LGA → ATL | 81.9% | 1.70% | -11 min | 7.1% | 14,199 |
| All LGA → ATL flights | 78.6% | 2.31% | -9 min | 8.6% | 23,926 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-09-17 to 2026-06-30
Other routes DL970 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.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIS→MSP Bismarck to Minneapolis | 2026-03-14 – 2026-04-11 | 5 | — |
| BNA→ATL Nashville to Atlanta | 2026-01-05 – 2026-03-07 | 59 | — |
| ATL→BNA Atlanta to Nashville | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-07 | 21 | — |
| ATL→LGA Atlanta to New York | 2024-05-07 – 2024-06-06 | 23 | — |
| DTW→PHL Detroit to Philadelphia | 2024-04-09 – 2024-05-06 | 28 | — |
| PHL→DTW Philadelphia to Detroit | 2024-04-09 – 2024-05-06 | 28 | — |
| SAN→MSP San Diego to Minneapolis | 2024-03-10 – 2024-04-08 | 18 | — |
| SEA→JFK Seattle to New York | 2024-01-08 – 2024-03-08 | 35 | — |
| LAX→LGA Los Angeles to New York | 2023-12-16 – 2024-01-06 | 4 | — |
| ATL→BTR Atlanta to Baton Rouge | 2023-09-10 – 2023-09-10 | 1 | — |
| BTR→ATL Baton Rouge to Atlanta | 2023-09-10 – 2023-09-10 | 1 | — |
| JAX→MSP Jacksonville to Minneapolis | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-03 | 11 | — |
| MSP→JAX Minneapolis to Jacksonville | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-03 | 11 | — |
| ATL→MOB Atlanta to Mobile | 2023-07-16 – 2023-08-13 | 5 | — |
| MOB→ATL Mobile to Atlanta | 2023-07-16 – 2023-08-13 | 5 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL970 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 670 records of DL970 operating LGA → ATL, 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.