DL5608Delta Air Lines · DCA → OMA
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL5608 WashingtonDCA · 08:15 OmahaOMA · 10:09

DL5608 by Delta Air Lines flies from Washington (DCA) to Omaha (OMA) for the Wed, Sep 16 departure.

Right nowAwaiting arrival in Omaha · off blocks 08:19 · 4 min late
09:37

estimated arrival at OMA · local time · past this estimate · waiting on the board

En routeDL5608 · position estimated
DCAWashingtonOMAOmaha
Estimated from the boardsarr 09:37

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 08:19 · typical taxi-out at DCA ≈ 7.1 min.

⚖ DL5608 typically leaves +10 and lands −19. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−19 minmedian over 13 operations
Wins back in air~29 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 13tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-16
+4 gate · −32 arrival
09-15
+4 gate · −34 arrival
09-14
+2 gate · −13 arrival
09-13
+12 gate · −17 arrival
09-11
+8 gate · −19 arrival
09-10
+21 gate · +0 arrival
09-09
+3 gate · −19 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 −19 min · 0 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
OMAOmahaHigh riskOMA delay board →
DCA→OMAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.1%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DCA and OMA 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 DL5608 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL5608 across the DCA and OMA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~17 min early. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 12/12 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 DL5608 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
09-16DCA 08:15 08:19 (+4)OMA 10:09 09:37 (−32)
09-15DCA 08:15 08:19 (+4)OMA 10:09 09:35 (−34)
09-14DCA 08:15 08:17 (+2)OMA 10:09 09:56 (−13)
09-13DCA 08:15 08:27 (+12)OMA 10:09 09:52 (−17)
09-11DCA 08:15 08:23 (+8)OMA 10:09 09:50 (−19)
09-10DCA 08:15 08:36 (+21)OMA 10:09 (+0)
09-09DCA 08:15 08:18 (+3)OMA 10:09 09:50 (−19)
09-08DCA 08:15 08:25 (+10)OMA 10:09 09:37 (−32)
09-07DCA 08:15 08:30 (+15)OMA 10:13 09:50 (−23)
09-06DCA 08:15 09:10 (+55)OMA 10:13 10:28 (+15)
09-04DCA 08:15 08:58 (+43)OMA 10:13 10:22 (+9)
09-03DCA 08:15 08:32 (+17)OMA 10:13 09:52 (−21)
09-02DCA 08:15 08:18 (+3)OMA 10:13 09:33 (−40)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N878RW, N810MD, N824MD, N823MD.

Board clocks recorded as DCA and OMA published them.

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