DL8938Delta Air Lines · BOS → PHL
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL8938 BostonBOS · 23:55 PhiladelphiaPHL · 04:54

DL8938 by Delta Air Lines flies from Boston (BOS) to Philadelphia (PHL) for the Sun, Oct 11 departure.

Right nowExpected in Philadelphia · today
05:10

arrival expected at PHL · 16 min late

Typical gate push−4 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+16 minmedian over 2 operations

The route today

live boards
BOSBostonHigh riskBOS 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
45%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.3%Chance of cancellation
+11 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
DL5845departs 06:45
DL1399departs 07:10
DL5805departs 10:05
DL5706departs 14:05
DL776departs 15:05
DL8951departs 16:30

If DL8938 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 DL8938 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL8938 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 -4 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL8938 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
10-11BOS 23:55 23:51 (−4)PHL 04:54 05:10 (+16)
10-10BOS 23:55 23:51 (−4)PHL 04:54 05:10 (+16)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N649DL.

Board clocks recorded as BOS and PHL published them.

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