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

DL 656 · Atlanta (ATL) → San Francisco (SFO)

Sold by Delta. Still flying: 28 of the last 56 days (Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun).

Arrives on time70%within 15 minutes, of 251 flights
Cancelled1.6%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late7%of flights that operated
When late, on average53 minlate, among flights 15+ min late

Schedule

Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (San Francisco is 3 h behind Atlanta).

Leaves ATL
22:40
Arrives SFO
00:40
Flight time
5h 00m
Days flown, last 8 weeks
28 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 late30%
30+ min late19%
1h+ late7%
2h+ late1%
20%40%60% 015301h1h302h3h

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 10–11 pm, wherever they’re going: 75% left within 15 minutes and 2.2% were cancelled (21,507 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.