DL531Delta Air Lines · SFO → ATL
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL531 San FranciscoSFO · 14:00 AtlantaATL · 21:39

DL531 by Delta Air Lines flies from San Francisco (SFO) to Atlanta (ATL).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
14:00

scheduled from SFO

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−5 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~20 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
10-12
+15 gate · −29 arrival
10-11
+15 gate · −29 arrival
10-10
+0 arrival
10-09
+0 arrival
10-08
−6 gate · −5 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 −5 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO delay board →
ATLAtlantaOn-time likelyATL delay board →
SFO→ATLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
47%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+18 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SFO and ATL 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 San Francisco to Atlanta flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL8902departs 00:30
DL570departs 06:00
DL640departs 08:00
DL693departs 11:33
DL750departs 16:00
DL635departs 21:25

If DL531 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from San Francisco to Atlanta on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SFO local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How DL531 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL531 across the SFO and ATL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 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 DL531 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
10-12SFO 14:00 14:15 (+15)ATL 21:39 21:10 (−29)
10-11SFO 14:00 14:15 (+15)ATL 21:39 21:10 (−29)
10-10SFO 14:08ATL 21:49 (+0)
10-09SFO 14:00ATL 21:39 (+0)
10-08SFO 14:00 13:54 (−6)ATL 21:39 21:34 (−5)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N178DN, N832DN, N1603, N179DN.

Board clocks recorded as SFO and ATL published them.

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