DL388Delta Air Lines · PVG → DTW
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL388 ShanghaiPVG · 09:55 DetroitDTW · 12:04

DL388 by Delta Air Lines flies from Shanghai (PVG) to Detroit (DTW) for the Tue, Sep 8 departure.

Right nowLanded in Detroit · today
12:04

arrived at DTW · on schedule

Typical gate push+21 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~21 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
09-08
+0 arrival
09-07
+21 gate · +0 arrival
09-06
+15 gate · +0 arrival
09-05
+31 gate · +0 arrival
09-04
+0 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 +0 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PVGShanghaiModerate riskPVG delay board →
DTWDetroitOn-time likelyDTW delay board →
PVG→DTWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.7%Chance of cancellation
+6 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at PVG and DTW 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 DL388 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL388 across the PVG and DTW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 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 DL388 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-08PVG 09:55DTW 12:04 (+0)
09-07PVG 09:55 10:16 (+21)DTW 12:04 (+0)
09-06PVG 09:55 10:10 (+15)DTW 12:04 (+0)
09-05PVG 09:55 10:26 (+31)DTW 12:04 (+0)
09-04PVG DTW 12:04 (+0)

Board clocks recorded as PVG and DTW published them.

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