DL5679Delta Air Lines · BOS → PIT
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL5679 BostonBOS · 20:30 PittsburghPIT · 22:33

DL5679 by Delta Air Lines flies from Boston (BOS) to Pittsburgh (PIT) for the Mon, Aug 17 departure.

Right nowEn route to Pittsburgh · off blocks 22:05 · 95 min late
23:24

estimated arrival at PIT · local time

En routeDL5679 · position estimated
BOSBostonPITPittsburgh
Estimated from the boardsarr 23:24

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 22:05 · typical taxi-out at BOS ≈ 10 min.

⚖ DL5679 typically leaves +45 and lands −1. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+45 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−1 minmedian over 13 operations
Wins back in air~46 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+32+65+97 min
08-18
+95 gate · +51 arrival
08-17
+95 gate · +51 arrival
08-16
+22 gate · −18 arrival
08-15
+59 gate · +11 arrival
08-14
+97 gate · +60 arrival
08-13
+18 gate · −21 arrival
08-12
+21 gate · −12 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 −1 min · 0 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BOSBostonHigh riskBOS delay board →
PITPittsburghOn-time likelyPIT delay board →
BOS→PITevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
47%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.2%Chance of cancellation
+15 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by BOS (Boston), currently flying LIFR (low instrument). 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 Boston to Pittsburgh flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL5678departs 08:15
DL5731departs 11:45
DL5680departs 16:15

If DL5679 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Boston to Pittsburgh on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BOS local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How DL5679 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL5679 across the BOS and PIT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~12 min early. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 8/11 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 DL5679 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
08-18BOS 20:30 22:05 (+95)PIT 22:33 23:24 (+51)
08-17BOS 20:30 22:05 (+95)PIT 22:33 23:24 (+51)
08-16BOS 20:30 20:52 (+22)PIT 22:33 22:15 (−18)
08-15BOS 18:55 19:54 (+59)PIT 21:01 21:12 (+11)
08-14BOS 20:30 22:07 (+97)PIT 22:33 23:33 (+60)
08-13BOS 20:30 20:48 (+18)PIT 22:33 22:12 (−21)
08-12BOS 20:30 20:51 (+21)PIT 22:33 22:21 (−12)
08-11BOS 20:30 20:42 (+12)PIT 22:33 22:04 (−29)
08-09BOS 20:30 20:56 (+26)PIT 22:33 22:12 (−21)
08-08BOS 18:55 21:03 (+128)PIT 21:01 22:29 (+88)
08-06BOS 20:30PIT 22:33 00:22 (+109)
08-05BOS 20:30 20:52 (+22)PIT 22:33 22:14 (−19)
08-04BOS 20:30 21:15 (+45)PIT 22:33 22:32 (−1)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N224JQ, N238JQ, N208JQ, N221JQ.

Board clocks recorded as BOS and PIT published them.

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