DL5558Delta Air Lines · BHM → CVG
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL5558 BirminghamBHM · 21:25 Cincinnati / CovingtonCVG · 23:25

DL5558 by Delta Air Lines flies from Birmingham (BHM) to Cincinnati / Covington (CVG) for the Sat, Oct 10 departure.

Right nowEn route to Cincinnati / Covington · off blocks 22:03 · 38 min late
En route

en route from BHM to CVG

En routeDL5558 · position estimated
BHMBirminghamCVGCincinnati / Covington
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 22:03.

Typical gate push+38 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+41 minmedian over 2 operations

The route today

live boards
BHMBirminghamModerate riskBHM delay board →
CVGCincinnati / CovingtonOn-time likelyCVG delay board →
BHM→CVGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
47%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BHM and CVG 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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 DL5558 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL5558 across the BHM and CVG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +41 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL5558 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
10-10BHM 21:25 22:03 (+38)CVG 23:25 00:06 (+41)
10-09BHM 21:25 22:03 (+38)CVG 23:25 00:06 (+41)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N919XJ.

Board clocks recorded as BHM and CVG published them.

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