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DL991

Los Angeles (LAX) to New York (JFK) · scheduled 1:00 PM – 11:55 PM

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How DL991 performs

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

On-time arrivals
72.4%
569 of 786 completed
Cancellation rate
0.75%
6 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-5 min
Average 14.8 min
Severe delays
11.5%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
88 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
68.9%
Left the gate on time

DL991 arrived on time 72.4% of the time, against 80.1% for all LAXJFK flights — this specific departure is 7.7 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 7.5 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 800 operations between 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL99172.4%0.75%-5 min11.5%800
Delta Air Lines on LAXJFK79.8%0.86%-9 min7.4%9,995
All LAXJFK flights80.1%1.08%-11 min8.1%30,234

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

Other routes DL991 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
SLCIND Salt Lake City to Indianapolis2024-05-072024-06-0631
SEAATL Seattle to Atlanta2024-04-152024-05-0622
JFKLAS New York to Las Vegas2023-07-012024-01-0719090.4%
LASJFK Las Vegas to New York2023-07-012024-01-0718281.3%

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL991 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 800 records of DL991 operating LAXJFK, 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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