DL148Delta Air Lines · JFK → MLA
live · 6m ago
Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL148 New YorkJFK · 17:00 VallettaMLA · 08:20

DL148 by Delta Air Lines flies from New York (JFK) to Valletta (MLA) for the Wed, Sep 16 departure.

Right nowDescending into Valletta · off blocks 16:56 · 4 min early
07:49

estimated arrival at MLA · local time · ~3 min from now

LivePosition · updated 6m ago
JFK10 mi · ~3 min leftMLA
2,400 ftAltitudedescending
208 mphSpeed181 kt
315°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 3h 30m

Typical gate push−5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−31 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~26 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
09-16
−4 gate · −44 arrival
09-13
−8 gate · −27 arrival
09-11
−9 gate · −46 arrival
09-09
−5 gate · −2 arrival
09-06
−10 gate · −49 arrival
09-04
+25 gate · +11 arrival
09-03
−31 arrival

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 −31 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
JFKNew YorkOn-time likelyJFK delay board →
MLAVallettaOn-time likelyMLA delay board →
JFK→MLAevery 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
3.1%Chance of cancellation
+5 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at JFK and MLA 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.

How DL148 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL148 across the JFK and MLA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~27 min early. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 6/6 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 DL148 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
09-16JFK 17:00 16:56 (−4)MLA 08:20 07:36 (−44)
09-13JFK 17:00 16:52 (−8)MLA 08:20 07:53 (−27)
09-11JFK 17:00 16:51 (−9)MLA 08:20 07:34 (−46)
09-09JFK 17:00 16:55 (−5)MLA 08:20 08:18 (−2)
09-06JFK 17:05 16:55 (−10)MLA 08:20 07:31 (−49)
09-04JFK 17:05 17:30 (+25)MLA 08:20 08:31 (+11)
09-03JFK MLA 08:20 07:49 (−31)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N1604R, N194DN, N175DZ, N189DN.

Board clocks recorded as JFK and MLA published them.

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