DL8848Delta Air Lines · BOS → PHL
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL8848 BostonBOS · 15:45 PhiladelphiaPHL · 20:54

DL8848 by Delta Air Lines flies from Boston (BOS) to Philadelphia (PHL) for the Fri, Oct 23 departure.

Right nowTaxiing out at Boston · off blocks 17:15 · 90 min late · typical taxi ≈ 9.4 min
Taxiing

en route from BOS to PHL

En routeDL8848 · position estimated
BOSBostonPHLPhiladelphia
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 17:15 · typical taxi-out at BOS ≈ 9.4 min.

Typical gate push+90 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+115 minmedian over 2 operations

The route today

live boards
BOSBostonOn-time likelyBOS delay board →
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
BOS→PHLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.4%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BOS and PHL 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.

Other Boston to Philadelphia flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL5610departs 20:30
DL8938departs 23:55

If DL8848 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Boston to Philadelphia 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 DL8848 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL8848 across the BOS and PHL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: departed +90 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL8848 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-23BOS 15:45 17:15 (+90)PHL 20:54 22:49 (+115)
10-22BOS 15:45 17:15 (+90)PHL 20:54 22:49 (+115)

Board clocks recorded as BOS and PHL published them.

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