DL742Delta Air Lines · JFK → LAX
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL742 New YorkJFK · 07:00 Los AngelesLAX · 10:10

DL742 by Delta Air Lines flies from New York (JFK) to Los Angeles (LAX) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowDelayed · gate B31 · as of 05:39
07:10

departs JFK · 10 min late

⚖ DL742 typically leaves −4 and lands −29. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push−4 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−29 minmedian over 14 operations
Wins back in air~25 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+10 gate · −39 arrival
10-30
−7 gate · −24 arrival
10-29
−5 gate · −26 arrival
10-28
−10 gate · −25 arrival
10-27
+31 gate · −19 arrival
10-26
−6 gate · −30 arrival
10-25
−4 gate · −47 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 −29 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
JFKNew YorkOn-time likelyJFK delay board →
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
JFK→LAXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.6%Chance of cancellation
+6 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at JFK and LAX are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

New York to Los Angeles with Delta Air Lines · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.5%0.5× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
7.0%0.6× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 10 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
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T
F
S
S

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other New York to Los Angeles flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL713departs 08:00
DL773departs 09:00
DL1905departs 11:00
DL767departs 11:00
DL1788departs 12:00
DL701departs 13:35

If DL742 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from New York to Los Angeles on the same day, with scheduled departure times in JFK local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How DL742 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL742 across the JFK and LAX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~18 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 11/13 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 DL742 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
10-31JFK 07:00 07:10 (+10)LAX 10:10 09:31 (−39)
10-30JFK 07:00 06:53 (−7)LAX 10:05 09:41 (−24)
10-29JFK 07:00 06:55 (−5)LAX 10:05 09:39 (−26)
10-28JFK 07:00 06:50 (−10)LAX 10:05 09:40 (−25)
10-27JFK 07:00 07:31 (+31)LAX 10:05 09:46 (−19)
10-26JFK 07:00 06:54 (−6)LAX 10:05 09:35 (−30)
10-25JFK 07:00 06:56 (−4)LAX 10:05 09:18 (−47)
10-24JFK 07:00 07:18 (+18)LAX 10:10 09:31 (−39)
10-23JFK 07:00 06:56 (−4)LAX 10:10 09:42 (−28)
10-22JFK 07:00 (+0)LAX 10:10 10:19 (+9)
10-21JFK 07:00 06:52 (−8)LAX 10:02 09:32 (−30)
10-20JFK 07:00 06:57 (−3)LAX 10:02 09:47 (−15)
10-19JFK 07:00 06:56 (−4)LAX 10:10 09:19 (−51)
10-18JFK 07:00 06:57 (−3)LAX 10:03 09:23 (−40)
10-17JFK 07:00 06:57 (−3)LAX

Aircraft

Recent tails: N180DN, N1605, N188DN, N1602.

Board clocks recorded as JFK and LAX published them.

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