DL1291Delta Air Lines · DFW → SLC
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL1291 Dallas-Fort WorthDFW · 07:55 Salt Lake CitySLC · 09:41

DL1291 by Delta Air Lines flies from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Salt Lake City (SLC) for the Wed, Aug 19 departure.

Right nowLanded in Salt Lake City · today
09:24

arrived at SLC · 17 min early

Typical gate push−2 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~15 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-19
−2 gate · −17 arrival
08-18
−8 gate · −25 arrival
08-17
−5 gate · −27 arrival
08-16
+90 gate · +83 arrival
08-15
−13 gate · −33 arrival
08-14
+5 gate · −12 arrival
08-13
+10 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 −17 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DFWDallas-Fort WorthOn-time likelyDFW delay board →
SLCSalt Lake CityOn-time likelySLC delay board →
DFW→SLCevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.4%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DFW and SLC 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 Dallas-Fort Worth to Salt Lake City flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL2798departs 12:38
DL1840departs 14:26
DL2800departs 14:26
DL2812departs 18:12

If DL1291 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Dallas-Fort Worth to Salt Lake City on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DFW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How DL1291 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL1291 across the DFW and SLC boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~14 min early. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 5/6 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 DL1291 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
08-19DFW 07:55 07:53 (−2)SLC 09:41 09:24 (−17)
08-18DFW 07:55 07:47 (−8)SLC 09:41 09:16 (−25)
08-17DFW 07:55 07:50 (−5)SLC 09:41 09:14 (−27)
08-16DFW 07:50 09:20 (+90)SLC 09:30 10:53 (+83)
08-15DFW 07:55 07:42 (−13)SLC 09:41 09:08 (−33)
08-14DFW 07:55 08:00 (+5)SLC 09:41 09:29 (−12)
08-13DFW 07:55 08:05 (+10)SLC

Aircraft

Recent tails: N374NW, N344NW, N372NW, N366NW.

Board clocks recorded as DFW and SLC published them.

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