DL1040Delta Air Lines · AUS → DTW
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL1040 AustinAUS · 05:10 DetroitDTW · 09:09

DL1040 by Delta Air Lines flies from Austin (AUS) to Detroit (DTW) for the Sat, Oct 17 departure.

Right nowEn route to Detroit · off blocks 05:28 · 18 min late
En route

en route from AUS to DTW

En routeDL1040 · position estimated
AUSAustinDTWDetroit
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 05:28 · typical taxi-out at AUS ≈ 7.3 min.

Typical gate push+18 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−35 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~53 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-17
+18 gate · −35 arrival
10-16
+18 gate · −35 arrival
10-15
+20 gate · −38 arrival
10-14
+21 gate · +10 arrival
10-13
+17 gate · −32 arrival
10-12
+18 gate

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −35 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
AUSAustinHigh riskAUS delay board →
DTWDetroitOn-time likelyDTW delay board →
AUS→DTWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
27%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.6%Chance of cancellation
+1 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at AUS and DTW are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Austin to Detroit flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL559departs 08:00
DL1218departs 12:00
DL2736departs 16:30

If DL1040 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Austin to Detroit on the same day, with scheduled departure times in AUS local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How DL1040 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL1040 across the AUS and DTW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~28 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL1040 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-17AUS 05:10 05:28 (+18)DTW 09:09 08:34 (−35)
10-16AUS 05:10 05:28 (+18)DTW 09:09 08:34 (−35)
10-15AUS 05:10 05:30 (+20)DTW 09:09 08:31 (−38)
10-14AUS 05:10 05:31 (+21)DTW 09:09 09:19 (+10)
10-13AUS 05:10 05:27 (+17)DTW 09:09 08:37 (−32)
10-12AUS 05:10 05:28 (+18)DTW

Aircraft

Recent tails: N323NB, N361NB, N335NB, N301NB.

Board clocks recorded as AUS and DTW published them.

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