Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
DL 2879 · Atlanta (ATL) → Chicago (ORD)
Sold by Delta. Still flying: 56 of the last 56 days (Daily).
Arrives on time49%within 15 minutes, of 344 flights
Cancelled2.3%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late13%of flights that operated
When late, on average63 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Chicago is 1 h behind Atlanta).
- Leaves ATL
- 17:21
- Arrives ORD
- 18:42
- Flight time
- 2h 21m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 56 of 56
Each square is a day, Sat Jun 6 to Fri Jul 31, two weeks per row (each column is the same weekday); filled = flew.
How late it arrives
Share of flights that operated arriving more than this late.
Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.
Its hour at ATL
All flights leaving Atlanta (ATL) at 5–6 pm, wherever they’re going: 72% left within 15 minutes and 1.7% were cancelled (18,804 flights in the year). Other Delta flights on this route →
Upcoming forecasts
Our odds that this flight is late or cancelled on the days we publish.