DL4659Delta Air Lines · JFK → RIC
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL4659 New YorkJFK · 20:30 RichmondRIC · 22:19

DL4659 by Delta Air Lines flies from New York (JFK) to Richmond (RIC) for the Sun, Nov 1 departure.

Right nowEn route to Richmond · off blocks 20:19 · 11 min early
En route

en route from JFK to RIC

En routeDL4659 · position estimated
JFKNew YorkRICRichmond
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 20:19 · typical taxi-out at JFK ≈ 7.3 min.

⚖ DL4659 typically leaves −9 and lands −38. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push−9 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−38 minmedian over 14 operations
Wins back in air~29 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 14tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-01
−11 gate · −38 arrival
10-31
−6 gate · −31 arrival
10-30
+29 gate · −21 arrival
10-29
−11 gate · −25 arrival
10-28
−10 gate · −35 arrival
10-27
−9 gate · −38 arrival
10-26
−11 gate · −37 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 −38 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
JFKNew YorkOn-time likelyJFK delay board →
RICRichmondOn-time likelyRIC delay board →
JFK→RICevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.9%Chance of cancellation
+10 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at JFK and RIC 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

New York to Richmond with Delta Air Lines · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.0%0.4× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
4.7%0.6× usual

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 3 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 New York to Richmond flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL5316departs 09:59
DL5301departs 14:20
DL5779departs 15:16

If DL4659 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from New York to Richmond on the same day, with scheduled departure times in JFK 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 DL4659 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL4659 across the JFK and RIC boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 14/14 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL4659 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
11-01JFK 20:30 20:19 (−11)RIC 22:19 21:41 (−38)
10-31JFK 20:30 20:24 (−6)RIC 22:19 21:48 (−31)
10-30JFK 20:30 20:59 (+29)RIC 22:19 21:58 (−21)
10-29JFK 20:30 20:19 (−11)RIC 22:19 21:54 (−25)
10-28JFK 20:30 20:20 (−10)RIC 22:19 21:44 (−35)
10-27JFK 20:30 20:21 (−9)RIC 22:19 21:41 (−38)
10-26JFK 20:30 20:19 (−11)RIC 22:19 21:42 (−37)
10-25JFK 20:30 20:18 (−12)RIC 22:19 21:41 (−38)
10-24JFK 21:20 21:12 (−8)RIC 23:09 22:25 (−44)
10-23JFK 21:20 21:13 (−7)RIC 23:09 22:46 (−23)
10-22JFK 21:20 21:18 (−2)RIC 23:09 22:31 (−38)
10-21JFK 21:20 21:09 (−11)RIC 23:09 22:16 (−53)
10-20JFK 21:20 21:12 (−8)RIC 23:09 22:31 (−38)
10-19JFK 21:20 21:02 (−18)RIC 23:09 22:21 (−48)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N331PQ, N914XJ, N904XJ, N480PX.

Board clocks recorded as JFK and RIC published them.

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