DL2879Delta Air Lines · ATL → ORD
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL2879 AtlantaATL · 16:30 ChicagoORD · 19:11

DL2879 by Delta Air Lines flies from Atlanta (ATL) to Chicago (ORD) for the Wed, Nov 4 departure.

Right nowEn route to Chicago · off blocks 17:35 · 65 min late
19:11

estimated arrival at ORD · local time · landing about now

En routeDL2879 · position estimated
ATLAtlantaORDChicago
Estimated from the boardsarr 19:11

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 17:35 · typical taxi-out at ATL ≈ 7.2 min.

Typical gate push+12 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~29 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-05
+65 gate
11-04
+65 gate · +41 arrival
11-03
+11 gate · −30 arrival
11-02
+12 gate · −14 arrival
11-01
+6 gate · −21 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 −17 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ATLAtlantaModerate riskATL delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
ATL→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.2%Chance of cancellation
+15 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by ORD (Chicago), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow at Atlanta

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High23°Clikely 21°C to 26°C
Low15°Clikely 12°C to 17°C
  • 27% chance of fog

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Chicago

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High9°Clikely 8°C to 11°C
Low6°Clikely 3°C to 8°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

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

Other Atlanta to Chicago flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL1178departs 07:25
DL1147departs 08:05
DL2894departs 11:00
DL1477departs 13:15
DL2738departs 15:40
DL1139departs 19:20

If DL2879 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Atlanta to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ATL local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How DL2879 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL2879 across the ATL and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~17 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 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 DL2879 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
11-05ATL 16:30 17:35 (+65)ORD 19:11
11-04ATL 16:30 17:35 (+65)ORD 17:47 18:28 (+41)
11-03ATL 16:30 16:41 (+11)ORD 17:47 17:17 (−30)
11-02ATL 17:50 18:02 (+12)ORD 19:11 18:57 (−14)
11-01ATL 17:50 17:56 (+6)ORD 19:11 18:50 (−21)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N835DN, N908DN, N819DN, N865DN.

Board clocks recorded as ATL and ORD published them.

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