DL4972Delta Air Lines · LGA → RDU
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL4972 New YorkLGA · 17:15 Raleigh/DurhamRDU · 19:12

DL4972 by Delta Air Lines flies from New York (LGA) to Raleigh/Durham (RDU) for the Sun, Nov 1 departure.

Right nowOn Time · gate 72 · as of 12:35
17:15

departs LGA · on schedule

⚖ DL4972 typically leaves −8 and lands −24. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push−8 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−24 minmedian over 13 operations
Wins back in air~16 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
11-01
−35 arrival
10-30
+12 gate · −13 arrival
10-29
+46 gate · +21 arrival
10-28
−10 gate · −32 arrival
10-27
−6 gate · −5 arrival
10-26
−10 gate · −31 arrival
10-25
−10 gate · −35 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 −24 min · 0 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LGANew YorkOn-time likelyLGA delay board →
RDURaleigh/DurhamOn-time likelyRDU delay board →
LGA→RDUevery 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
2.8%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at LGA and RDU 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 Raleigh/Durham with Delta Air Lines · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
5.1%0.5× usual

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

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 7 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.

Other New York to Raleigh/Durham flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL5030departs 06:30
DL5024departs 08:25
DL5042departs 10:50
DL5108departs 12:59
DL1453departs 14:25
DL1475departs 19:55

If DL4972 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from New York to Raleigh/Durham on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LGA 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 DL4972 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL4972 across the LGA and RDU boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~17 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 11/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL4972 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
11-01LGA 17:15RDU 19:12 18:37 (−35)
10-30LGA 17:15 17:27 (+12)RDU 19:12 18:59 (−13)
10-29LGA 17:15 18:01 (+46)RDU 19:12 19:33 (+21)
10-28LGA 17:15 17:05 (−10)RDU 19:12 18:40 (−32)
10-27LGA 17:15 17:09 (−6)RDU 19:12 19:07 (−5)
10-26LGA 17:15 17:05 (−10)RDU 19:12 18:41 (−31)
10-25LGA 17:15 17:05 (−10)RDU 19:12 18:37 (−35)
10-23LGA 17:15 17:05 (−10)RDU 19:12 18:56 (−16)
10-22LGA 17:15 17:05 (−10)RDU 19:12 18:48 (−24)
10-21LGA 17:15 17:42 (+27)RDU 19:12 19:35 (+23)
10-20LGA 17:15 17:04 (−11)RDU 19:12 18:47 (−25)
10-19LGA 17:15 17:16 (+1)RDU 19:12 19:00 (−12)
10-18LGA 17:15 17:12 (−3)RDU 19:12 18:43 (−29)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N182GJ, N309PQ, N901XJ, N341PQ.

Board clocks recorded as LGA and RDU published them.

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