DL2897Delta Air Lines · MCI → SLC
live · 3m ago
Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL2897 Kansas CityMCI · 07:45 Salt Lake CitySLC · 09:35

DL2897 by Delta Air Lines flies from Kansas City (MCI) to Salt Lake City (SLC) for the Tue, Nov 3 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Salt Lake City
08:59

estimated arrival at SLC · local time · ~36 min from now

LivePosition · updated 3m ago
SLC188 mi · ~36 min leftMCI
32,000 ftAltitudecruising
482 mphSpeed419 kt
275°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 1h 34m

Typical gate push−10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−32 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~22 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
11-02
−5 gate · −38 arrival
11-01
−10 gate · −28 arrival
10-31
−10 gate · −32 arrival
10-30
−10 gate

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
MCIKansas CityHigh riskMCI delay board →
SLCSalt Lake CityOn-time likelySLC delay board →
MCI→SLCevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.3%Chance of cancellation
+13 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by MCI (Kansas City), 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 Kansas City

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High13°Clikely 11°C to 15°C
Low9°Clikely 6°C to 11°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 Salt Lake City

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High11°Clikely 9°C to 13°C
Low5°Clikely 3°C to 7°C
  • 71% chance of rain

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 Kansas City to Salt Lake City flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL2903departs 00:00
DL2882departs 14:57

If DL2897 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Kansas City to Salt Lake City on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MCI 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 DL2897 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL2897 across the MCI and SLC boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~26 min early. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 3/3 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 DL2897 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
11-02MCI 07:45 07:40 (−5)SLC 09:35 08:57 (−38)
11-01MCI 07:45 07:35 (−10)SLC 09:35 09:07 (−28)
10-31MCI 07:45 07:35 (−10)SLC 09:35 09:03 (−32)
10-30MCI 07:45 07:35 (−10)SLC

Aircraft

Recent tails: N119DU, N110DU, N102DU.

Board clocks recorded as MCI and SLC published them.

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