DL8864Delta Air Lines · BOS → ATL
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL8864 BostonBOS · 00:30 AtlantaATL · 02:29

DL8864 by Delta Air Lines flies from Boston (BOS) to Atlanta (ATL).

Same number through BOS → IND → ATL

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
00:30

scheduled from BOS

Typical gate push+57 minmedian posted departure

The route today

live boards
BOSBostonModerate riskBOS delay board →
ATLAtlantaOn-time likelyATL delay board →
BOS→ATLevery 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
2.5%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BOS and ATL 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 Atlanta flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL5628departs 07:50
DL5627departs 13:59
DL5616departs 17:45

If DL8864 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Boston to Atlanta 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 DL8864 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL8864 across the BOS and ATL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +53 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL8864 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
08-21BOS 00:30 01:27 (+57)ATL
08-14BOS 00:30 01:27 (+57)ATL

Aircraft

Recent tails: N840MH.

Board clocks recorded as BOS and ATL published them.

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