DL8872 Salt Lake CitySLC · 11:00 WashingtonIAD · 16:37
DL8872 by Delta Air Lines flies from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Washington (IAD).
scheduled from SLC
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at SLC and IAD 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 at Salt Lake City
ForecastSun 15 Nov, local date
Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.
Tomorrow at Washington
ForecastSun 15 Nov, local date
Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.
When it flies
scheduled departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other Salt Lake City to Washington flights today
same route · Delta Air LinesIf DL8872 is cancelled, this is the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flight from Salt Lake City to Washington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SLC 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 DL8872 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL8872 across the SLC and IAD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +41 min. Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL8872 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationAircraft
Recent tails: N338NB.
Board clocks recorded as SLC and IAD published them.
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Pro Flight Search: DL8872 Salt Lake City to Washington on-time performance, measured from the SLC and IAD airport boards.
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