DL1280Delta Air Lines · ATL → MSP
live · 53m ago
Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL1280 AtlantaATL · 18:30 MinneapolisMSP · 20:11

DL1280 by Delta Air Lines flies from Atlanta (ATL) to Minneapolis (MSP).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
18:30

scheduled from ATL

Typical gate push+17 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-07
+17 gate
09-06
+17 gate
09-05
+10 gate
09-04
+37 gate
09-03
+15 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

0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ATLAtlantaHigh riskATL delay board →
MSPMinneapolisHigh riskMSP delay board →
ATL→MSPevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+2 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ATL and MSP 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
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Atlanta to Minneapolis flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL8770departs 06:30
DL2668departs 07:25
DL2960departs 08:44
DL2090departs 09:55
DL2901departs 12:15
DL2825departs 14:38

If DL1280 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Atlanta to Minneapolis on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ATL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How DL1280 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL1280 across the ATL and MSP boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~17 min late. Based on 5 confirmed departures · 2/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL1280 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
09-07ATL 18:30 18:47 (+17)MSP 20:11
09-06ATL 18:30 18:47 (+17)MSP 20:11
09-05ATL 18:30 18:40 (+10)MSP 20:12
09-04ATL 19:59 20:36 (+37)MSP 21:38
09-03ATL 19:59 20:14 (+15)MSP 21:38

Aircraft

Recent tails: N809DN, N303DN, N658DL, N6703D.

Board clocks recorded as ATL and MSP published them.

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