DL503Delta Air Lines · ATL → PDX
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL503 AtlantaATL · 16:59 PortlandPDX · 19:09

DL503 by Delta Air Lines flies from Atlanta (ATL) to Portland (PDX) for the Sun, Oct 18 departure.

Right nowDeparts today · today · as of 16:22
16:59

departs ATL · on schedule

⚖ DL503 typically leaves +12 and lands −20. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+12 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−20 minmedian over 13 operations
Wins back in air~32 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
10-17
+13 gate · −23 arrival
10-16
+21 gate · +10 arrival
10-15
+15 gate · −15 arrival
10-14
+4 gate · −30 arrival
10-13
+10 gate · −16 arrival
10-12
+16 gate · −20 arrival
10-11
+12 gate · −23 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 −20 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ATLAtlantaOn-time likelyATL delay board →
PDXPortlandOn-time likelyPDX delay board →
ATL→PDXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
30%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.0%Chance of cancellation
+5 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ATL and PDX 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.

How DL503 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL503 across the ATL and PDX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~20 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 13/13 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 DL503 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
10-17ATL 16:59 17:12 (+13)PDX 19:09 18:46 (−23)
10-16ATL 16:59 17:20 (+21)PDX 19:09 19:19 (+10)
10-15ATL 16:59 17:14 (+15)PDX 19:09 18:54 (−15)
10-14ATL 16:59 17:03 (+4)PDX 19:09 18:39 (−30)
10-13ATL 16:59 17:09 (+10)PDX 19:09 18:53 (−16)
10-12ATL 16:59 17:15 (+16)PDX 19:09 18:49 (−20)
10-11ATL 16:59 17:11 (+12)PDX 19:09 18:46 (−23)
10-10ATL 16:59 17:09 (+10)PDX 19:09 18:51 (−18)
10-09ATL 16:59 17:08 (+9)PDX 19:09 18:43 (−26)
10-08ATL 16:59 17:02 (+3)PDX 19:09 18:36 (−33)
10-07ATL 16:59 17:07 (+8)PDX 19:09 18:40 (−29)
10-06ATL 16:59 17:16 (+17)PDX 19:09 18:51 (−18)
10-05ATL 16:59 17:07 (+8)PDX 18:59 18:45 (−14)
10-04ATL 16:59 17:41 (+42)PDX

Aircraft

Recent tails: N831DN, N829DN, N875DN, N873DN.

Board clocks recorded as ATL and PDX published them.

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