DL898Delta Air Lines · ATL → LAX
updated 4m ago
Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL898 AtlantaATL · 08:15 Los AngelesLAX · 10:00

DL898 by Delta Air Lines flies from Atlanta (ATL) to Los Angeles (LAX) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowLanded in Los Angeles · position data
09:37

arrived at LAX · 22 min early

⚖ DL898 typically leaves +11 and lands −22. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−22 minmedian over 11 operations
Wins back in air~33 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 12tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+8 gate · −12 arrival
10-30
+62 gate · −24 arrival
10-29
+7 gate · −16 arrival
10-28
+10 gate · −18 arrival
10-27
+8 gate · −25 arrival
10-26
+20 gate · −14 arrival
10-25
+13 gate · −17 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 −22 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ATLAtlantaOn-time likelyATL delay board →
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
ATL→LAXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
34%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.2%Chance of cancellation
+6 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at ATL 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

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

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.2%20.2× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
7.2%1.0× usual

Forecast weather: 77% chance of rain at Los Angeles

Forecast: GateWeather · 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 Atlanta to Los Angeles flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL8775departs 06:00
DL763departs 07:00
DL827departs 09:15
DL501departs 10:25
DL895departs 12:40
DL753departs 14:27

If DL898 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Atlanta to Los Angeles on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ATL 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 DL898 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL898 across the ATL and LAX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min early. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 10/10 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 DL898 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
10-31ATL 08:15 08:23 (+8)LAX 10:00 09:48 (−12)
10-30ATL 08:28 09:30 (+62)LAX 10:00 09:36 (−24)
10-29ATL 08:15 08:22 (+7)LAX 10:00 09:44 (−16)
10-28ATL 08:15 08:25 (+10)LAX 10:00 09:42 (−18)
10-27ATL 08:15 08:23 (+8)LAX 10:00 09:35 (−25)
10-26ATL 08:15 08:35 (+20)LAX 10:00 09:46 (−14)
10-25ATL 08:15 08:28 (+13)LAX 10:00 09:43 (−17)
10-24ATL 08:15 08:20 (+5)LAX 10:00 09:28 (−32)
10-23ATL 08:15 08:30 (+15)LAX 10:00 09:38 (−22)
10-22ATL 08:15 08:26 (+11)LAX 10:00 09:33 (−27)
10-21ATL 08:15 08:28 (+13)LAX 10:00 09:38 (−22)
10-19ATL 08:15 08:26 (+11)LAX

Aircraft

Recent tails: N554DT, N551DT, N552DT, N556DT.

Board clocks recorded as ATL and LAX published them.

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