DL479Delta Air Lines · BOS → LAX
live · 5m ago
Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL479 BostonBOS · 06:15 Los AngelesLAX · 09:40

DL479 by Delta Air Lines flies from Boston (BOS) to Los Angeles (LAX) for the Sat, Oct 24 departure.

Right nowDescending into Los Angeles · off blocks 06:05 · 10 min early
09:01

estimated arrival at LAX · local time · ~16 min from now

LivePosition · updated 5m ago
LAX147 mi · ~16 min leftBOS
29,500 ftAltitudedescending
497 mphSpeed432 kt
246°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 5h 16m

Typical gate push−5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−24 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~19 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
10-24
−10 gate · −39 arrival
10-23
−5 gate · −27 arrival
10-22
−5 gate · −22 arrival
10-21
+2 gate · −24 arrival
10-19
+15 gate

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 −24 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BOSBostonOn-time likelyBOS delay board →
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
BOS→LAXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.1%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BOS and LAX 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
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Boston to Los Angeles flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL2004departs 10:55
DL508departs 16:20
DL318departs 16:30
DL321departs 20:35
DL610departs 20:38

If DL479 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Boston to Los Angeles on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BOS local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How DL479 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL479 across the BOS and LAX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~17 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 DL479 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
10-24BOS 06:15 06:05 (−10)LAX 09:40 09:01 (−39)
10-23BOS 06:15 06:10 (−5)LAX 09:40 09:13 (−27)
10-22BOS 06:15 06:10 (−5)LAX 09:40 09:18 (−22)
10-21BOS 06:15 06:17 (+2)LAX 09:40 09:16 (−24)
10-19BOS 06:15 06:30 (+15)LAX

Aircraft

Recent tails: N709TW, N711ZX, N707TW, N718TW.

Board clocks recorded as BOS and LAX published them.

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