DL3841Delta Air Lines · DTW → BUF
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL3841 DetroitDTW · 07:10 BuffaloBUF · 08:26

DL3841 by Delta Air Lines flies from Detroit (DTW) to Buffalo (BUF) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowLanded in Buffalo · today
08:02

arrived at BUF · 24 min early

⚖ DL3841 typically leaves +20 and lands −16. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+20 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−16 minmedian over 13 operations
Wins back in air~36 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 13tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
+10 gate · −24 arrival
10-29
+14 gate · −21 arrival
10-28
+10 gate · −28 arrival
10-27
+19 gate · −18 arrival
10-26
+21 gate · −13 arrival
10-25
+74 gate · +42 arrival
10-24
+14 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 −16 min · 0 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DTWDetroitOn-time likelyDTW delay board →
BUFBuffaloOn-time likelyBUF delay board →
DTW→BUFevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
28%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at DTW and BUF are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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 on this route

Forecast

Detroit to Buffalo with Delta Air Lines · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.2%0.9× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 5 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Detroit to Buffalo flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL3639departs 07:00
DL758departs 10:00
DL3636departs 10:10
DL3848departs 10:20
DL3642departs 14:00
DL3847departs 14:00

If DL3841 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Detroit to Buffalo on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DTW 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 DL3841 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL3841 across the DTW and BUF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~13 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 11/13 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 DL3841 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
10-30DTW 07:10 07:20 (+10)BUF 08:26 08:02 (−24)
10-29DTW 07:10 07:24 (+14)BUF 08:26 08:05 (−21)
10-28DTW 07:10 07:20 (+10)BUF 08:26 07:58 (−28)
10-27DTW 07:10 07:29 (+19)BUF 08:26 08:08 (−18)
10-26DTW 07:10 07:31 (+21)BUF 08:26 08:13 (−13)
10-25DTW 07:10 08:24 (+74)BUF 08:26 09:08 (+42)
10-24DTW 07:10 07:24 (+14)BUF 08:26 08:05 (−21)
10-23DTW 07:10 07:30 (+20)BUF 08:26 08:10 (−16)
10-22DTW 07:10 07:35 (+25)BUF 08:26 08:19 (−7)
10-21DTW 07:10 07:20 (+10)BUF 08:26 08:01 (−25)
10-19DTW 07:10 08:02 (+52)BUF 08:26 08:42 (+16)
10-18DTW 07:10 07:53 (+43)BUF 08:26 08:34 (+8)
10-17DTW 07:10 07:52 (+42)BUF 08:26 08:31 (+5)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N836SK, N898SK, N840SK, N839SK.

Board clocks recorded as DTW and BUF published them.

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