DL4988Delta Air Lines · MSP → SDF
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL4988 MinneapolisMSP · 13:42 LouisvilleSDF · 11:55

DL4988 by Delta Air Lines flies from Minneapolis (MSP) to Louisville (SDF) for the Tue, Aug 18 departure.

Right nowOn Time · gate T1A7 · as of 00:53
13:42

departs MSP · on schedule

⚖ DL4988 typically leaves +21 and lands +4. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-17
+13 gate · +4 arrival
08-16
+21 gate · −13 arrival
08-15
+16 gate · +14 arrival
08-14
+0 gate · +47 arrival
08-13
+76 gate · +38 arrival
08-12
+12 gate · −25 arrival
08-11
+24 gate · +4 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 +4 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MSPMinneapolisHigh riskMSP delay board →
SDFLouisvilleOn-time likelySDF delay board →
MSP→SDFevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.7%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MSP and SDF 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.

Other Minneapolis to Louisville flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL4928departs 07:59
DL3726departs 12:53
DL4210departs 13:59
DL3938departs 16:17
DL4923departs 16:17
DL5070departs 20:54

If DL4988 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Minneapolis to Louisville on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MSP local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How DL4988 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL4988 across the MSP and SDF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 8/13 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 DL4988 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
08-17MSP 08:55 09:08 (+13)SDF 11:55 11:59 (+4)
08-16MSP 08:55 09:16 (+21)SDF 11:55 11:42 (−13)
08-15MSP 08:55 09:11 (+16)SDF 11:55 12:09 (+14)
08-14MSP 10:02 (+0)SDF 11:55 12:42 (+47)
08-13MSP 08:55 10:11 (+76)SDF 11:55 12:33 (+38)
08-12MSP 08:55 09:07 (+12)SDF 11:55 11:30 (−25)
08-11MSP 08:55 09:19 (+24)SDF 11:55 11:59 (+4)
08-10MSP 08:55 09:30 (+35)SDF 11:55 11:50 (−5)
08-09MSP 08:55 09:34 (+39)SDF 11:55 12:19 (+24)
08-08MSP 08:55 09:10 (+15)SDF 11:55 11:31 (−24)
08-07MSP 08:55 13:29 (+274)SDF 11:55 15:55 (+240)
08-06MSP 08:55 09:11 (+16)SDF 11:55 11:37 (−18)
08-05MSP 08:55 09:47 (+52)SDF 11:55 12:16 (+21)
08-04MSP 08:55 09:02 (+7)SDF 11:55 11:41 (−14)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N331CA, N669CA, N655CA, N317CA.

Board clocks recorded as MSP and SDF published them.

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