Flight profile · Delta Air Lines
DL996
Atlanta (ATL) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 7:00 AM – 8:33 AM
How DL996 performs
835 operations, 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30.
DL996 arrived on time 87.5% of the time, against 77.3% for all ATL → LAX flights — this specific departure is 10.3 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 9.5 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 835 operations between 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL996 | 87.5% | 0.48% | -10 min | 2.2% | 835 |
| Delta Air Lines on ATL → LAX | 78.0% | 0.67% | -4 min | 6.0% | 11,839 |
| All ATL → LAX flights | 77.3% | 0.84% | -4 min | 6.7% | 15,880 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-01-08 to 2026-06-30
Other routes DL996 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.
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL996 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 835 records of DL996 operating ATL → LAX, 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.