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DL999

New York (LGA) to Detroit (DTW) · scheduled 4:59 PM – 7:15 PM

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How DL999 performs

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

On-time arrivals
70.7%
520 of 735 completed
Cancellation rate
2.26%
17 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-5 min
Average 18.5 min
Severe delays
12.9%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
94 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
65.8%
Left the gate on time

DL999 arrived on time 70.7% of the time, against 81.0% for all LGADTW flights — this specific departure is 10.2 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 10.6 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 753 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL99970.7%2.26%-5 min12.9%753
Delta Air Lines on LGADTW81.3%1.94%-11 min8.0%5,931
All LGADTW flights81.0%2.93%-11 min8.3%12,232

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

Other routes DL999 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
SLCBOS Salt Lake City to Boston2023-07-012024-06-0611989.1%
LASATL Las Vegas to Atlanta2024-04-082024-05-0629
BOIATL Boise to Atlanta2024-03-102024-04-0729
JAXJFK Jacksonville to New York2024-01-082024-02-0529
SLCJFK Salt Lake City to New York2023-10-042023-12-1573

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL999 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 753 records of DL999 operating LGADTW, 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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