DL2896Delta Air Lines · BOS → DTW
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL2896 BostonBOS · 20:05 DetroitDTW · 22:20

DL2896 by Delta Air Lines flies from Boston (BOS) to Detroit (DTW) for the Fri, Nov 13 departure.

Right nowOn Time · gate A19
20:05

departs BOS · on schedule

Typical gate push+10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−10 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~20 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
11-13
−10 arrival
11-12
+10 gate · −10 arrival
11-11
+47 gate · +68 arrival
11-10
−10 gate · −20 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
BOSBostonOn-time likelyBOS delay board →
DTWDetroitOn-time likelyDTW delay board →
BOS→DTWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
27%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.9%Chance of cancellation
+4 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by BOS (Boston), currently flying VFR (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 Boston

Forecast

Sat 14 Nov, local date

High8°Clikely 7°C to 9°C
Low2°Clikely 1°C to 3°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.

Tomorrow at Detroit

Forecast

Sat 14 Nov, local date

High7°Clikely 6°C to 8°C
Low1°Clikely −1°C to 2°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 Boston to Detroit flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL1019departs 05:30
DL1748departs 09:15
DL2222departs 13:00
DL2departs 14:30
DL8880departs 14:45
DL9760departs 15:45

If DL2896 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Boston to Detroit on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BOS 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 DL2896 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL2896 across the BOS and DTW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 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 DL2896 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
11-13BOS 20:05DTW 22:20 22:10 (−10)
11-12BOS 20:05 20:15 (+10)DTW 22:20 22:10 (−10)
11-11BOS 20:05 20:52 (+47)DTW 22:20 23:28 (+68)
11-10BOS 20:05 19:55 (−10)DTW 22:20 22:00 (−20)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N107DN, N373DX, N396DN.

Board clocks recorded as BOS and DTW published them.

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