DL556Delta Air Lines · SNA → JFK
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL556 Santa AnaSNA · 21:15 New YorkJFK · 06:00

DL556 by Delta Air Lines flies from Santa Ana (SNA) to New York (JFK) for the Wed, Sep 16 departure.

Right nowLanded in New York · today
05:30

arrived at JFK · 30 min early

⚖ DL556 typically leaves +10 and lands −38. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−38 minmedian over 16 operations
Wins back in air~48 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 16tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-16
+11 gate · −30 arrival
09-15
+31 gate · −30 arrival
09-14
+0 gate · −38 arrival
09-13
+7 gate · −49 arrival
09-12
+6 gate · −51 arrival
09-11
+12 gate · −37 arrival
09-10
+10 gate · −37 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 −38 min · 0 cancelled · 16 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SNASanta AnaOn-time likelySNA delay board →
JFKNew YorkOn-time likelyJFK delay board →
SNA→JFKevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.4%Chance of cancellation
+5 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SNA and JFK 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 DL556 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL556 across the SNA and JFK boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~38 min early. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 14/14 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 DL556 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
09-16SNA 21:15 21:26 (+11)JFK 06:00 05:30 (−30)
09-15SNA 21:15 21:46 (+31)JFK 06:00 05:30 (−30)
09-14SNA 21:28 (+0)JFK 06:00 05:22 (−38)
09-13SNA 21:15 21:22 (+7)JFK 06:00 05:11 (−49)
09-12SNA 21:15 21:21 (+6)JFK 06:00 05:09 (−51)
09-11SNA 21:15 21:27 (+12)JFK 06:00 05:23 (−37)
09-10SNA 21:15 21:25 (+10)JFK 06:00 05:23 (−37)
09-09SNA 21:15 21:26 (+11)JFK 06:00 05:02 (−58)
09-08SNA 21:15 21:29 (+14)JFK 06:00 05:18 (−42)
09-07SNA 20:40 20:47 (+7)JFK 05:15 04:54 (−21)
09-06SNA 20:40 20:54 (+14)JFK 05:15 04:37 (−38)
09-05SNA 20:40 20:47 (+7)JFK 05:15 04:29 (−46)
09-04SNA 20:40 20:48 (+8)JFK 05:15 04:46 (−29)
09-03SNA 20:40 20:46 (+6)JFK 05:15 04:21 (−54)
09-02SNA 20:40 20:56 (+16)JFK 05:15 04:51 (−24)
09-01SNA JFK 05:15 04:29 (−46)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N727TW, N723TW, N713TW, N707TW.

Board clocks recorded as SNA and JFK published them.

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