DL1163Delta Air Lines · DTW → BOS
live · 3m ago
Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL1163 DetroitDTW · 07:00 BostonBOS · 09:03

DL1163 by Delta Air Lines flies from Detroit (DTW) to Boston (BOS) for the Tue, Sep 8 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Boston · off blocks 07:00 · on schedule
08:47

estimated arrival at BOS · local time · ~68 min from now

LivePosition · updated 5m ago
DTW453 mi · ~68 min leftBOS
33,200 ftAltitudeclimbing
548 mphSpeed476 kt
82°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 28 min

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−1 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~1 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-08
+0 gate · −16 arrival
09-07
+0 gate · +12 arrival
09-06
+0 gate · −3 arrival
09-05
+0 gate · −1 arrival

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

The route today

live boards
DTWDetroitOn-time likelyDTW delay board →
BOSBostonOn-time likelyBOS delay board →
DTW→BOSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.1%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DTW and BOS 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 Detroit to Boston flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL8816departs 08:15
DL9962departs 10:00
DL2648departs 10:10
DL1171departs 14:02
DL1325departs 17:55
DL1707departs 17:56

If DL1163 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Detroit to Boston on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DTW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How DL1163 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL1163 across the DTW and BOS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~12 min late. Based on 2 confirmed landings · 2/2 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL1163 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-08DTW 07:00 (+0)BOS 09:03 08:47 (−16)
09-07DTW 07:06 (+0)BOS 09:03 09:15 (+12)
09-06DTW 07:06 (+0)BOS 09:03 09:00 (−3)
09-05DTW 07:06 (+0)BOS 09:03 09:02 (−1)

Board clocks recorded as DTW and BOS published them.

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