DL72Delta Air Lines · ATL → AMS
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL72 AtlantaATL · 17:05 AmsterdamAMS · 07:45

DL72 by Delta Air Lines flies from Atlanta (ATL) to Amsterdam (AMS) for the Fri, Sep 11 departure.

Right nowEn route to Amsterdam · off blocks 18:33 · 88 min late
En route

en route from ATL to AMS

En routeDL72 · position estimated
ATLAtlantaAMSAmsterdam
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 18:33 · typical taxi-out at ATL ≈ 8.3 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

⚖ DL72 typically leaves +27 and lands −26. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-11
+88 gate · −35 arrival
09-10
+27 gate · −31 arrival
09-09
+17 gate · −35 arrival
09-08
+15 gate · −30 arrival
09-07
+11 gate · −33 arrival
09-06
+70 gate · +6 arrival
09-05
+72 gate · +23 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 −26 min · 0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ATLAtlantaHigh riskATL delay board →
AMSAmsterdamModerate riskAMS delay board →
ATL→AMSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.2%Chance of cancellation
+1 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by ATL (Atlanta), currently flying IFR (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
061422
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T
F
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Atlanta to Amsterdam flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL70departs 15:35
DL74departs 19:50

If DL72 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Atlanta to Amsterdam on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ATL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How DL72 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL72 across the ATL and AMS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 10/10 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 DL72 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
09-11ATL 17:05 18:33 (+88)AMS 07:45 07:10 (−35)
09-10ATL 17:05 17:32 (+27)AMS 07:45 07:14 (−31)
09-09ATL 17:05 17:22 (+17)AMS 07:45 07:10 (−35)
09-08ATL 17:05 17:20 (+15)AMS 07:45 07:15 (−30)
09-07ATL 17:05 17:16 (+11)AMS 07:45 07:12 (−33)
09-06ATL 17:05 18:15 (+70)AMS 07:45 07:51 (+6)
09-05ATL 17:05 18:17 (+72)AMS 07:45 08:08 (+23)
09-04ATL 17:20 17:37 (+17)AMS 07:45 07:19 (−26)
09-03ATL 17:05 17:39 (+34)AMS 07:45 07:35 (−10)
09-02ATL 17:05 17:15 (+10)AMS 07:45 07:46 (+1)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N819NW, N434DX, N823NW, N805NW.

Board clocks recorded as ATL and AMS published them.

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