Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records

DL 521 · Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Los Angeles (LAX)

Sold by Delta. Still flying: 22 of the last 56 days (Tue–Fri).

Arrives on time88%within 15 minutes, of 61 flights
Cancelled1.6%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late5%of flights that operated
When late, on average64 minlate, among flights 15+ min late

Schedule

Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Los Angeles is 2 h behind Dallas-Fort Worth).

Leaves DFW
13:45
Arrives LAX
14:58
Flight time
3h 13m
Days flown, last 8 weeks
22 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.

15+ min late12%
30+ min late8%
1h+ late5%
2h+ late0%
10%20% 015301h1h302h3h

Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.

Its hour at DFW

All flights leaving Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) at 1–2 pm, wherever they’re going: 70% left within 15 minutes and 2.6% were cancelled (15,893 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.