DL4904Delta Air Lines · LGA → DSM
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL4904 New YorkLGA · 17:05 Des MoinesDSM · 19:14

DL4904 by Delta Air Lines flies from New York (LGA) to Des Moines (DSM) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowAwaiting arrival in Des Moines · off blocks 17:04 · 1 min early
19:09

estimated arrival at DSM · local time · past this estimate · waiting on the board

En routeDL4904 · position estimated
LGANew YorkDSMDes Moines
Estimated from the boardsarr 19:09

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 17:04 · typical taxi-out at LGA ≈ 12.8 min.

⚖ DL4904 typically leaves −9 and lands −25. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push−9 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−25 minmedian over 14 operations
Wins back in air~16 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
10-29
−1 gate · −5 arrival
10-28
−7 gate · −25 arrival
10-27
−10 gate · −31 arrival
10-26
−13 gate · −32 arrival
10-25
−3 gate · −25 arrival
10-24
−11 gate · −30 arrival
10-23
−7 gate · −13 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 −25 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LGANew YorkOn-time likelyLGA delay board →
DSMDes MoinesOn-time likelyDSM delay board →
LGA→DSMevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.8%Chance of cancellation
+10 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at LGA and DSM 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 Des Moines with Delta Air Lines · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.9%0.3× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
12%0.8× usual

Forecast weather: 48% chance of thunder and 94% chance of rain at Des Moines

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 1 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How DL4904 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL4904 across the LGA and DSM boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 13/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL4904 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
10-29LGA 17:05 17:04 (−1)DSM 19:14 19:09 (−5)
10-28LGA 17:05 16:58 (−7)DSM 19:14 18:49 (−25)
10-27LGA 17:05 16:55 (−10)DSM 19:14 18:43 (−31)
10-26LGA 17:05 16:52 (−13)DSM 19:14 18:42 (−32)
10-25LGA 17:05 17:02 (−3)DSM 19:14 18:49 (−25)
10-24LGA 09:30 09:19 (−11)DSM 11:40 11:10 (−30)
10-23LGA 17:05 16:58 (−7)DSM 19:14 19:01 (−13)
10-22LGA 17:05 17:04 (−1)DSM 19:14 19:08 (−6)
10-21LGA 17:05 16:55 (−10)DSM 19:14 19:02 (−12)
10-20LGA 17:05 16:56 (−9)DSM 19:14 18:53 (−21)
10-19LGA 17:05 16:56 (−9)DSM 19:14 18:47 (−27)
10-18LGA 17:05 16:57 (−8)DSM 19:14 18:28 (−46)
10-17LGA 09:30 09:15 (−15)DSM 11:40 11:14 (−26)
10-16LGA 17:05 16:53 (−12)DSM 19:14 18:48 (−26)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N146PQ, N678CA, N300PQ, N901XJ.

Board clocks recorded as LGA and DSM published them.

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