DL904Delta Air Lines · SMF → ATL
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL904 SacramentoSMF · 12:19 AtlantaATL · 19:49

DL904 by Delta Air Lines flies from Sacramento (SMF) to Atlanta (ATL) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowLanded in Atlanta · position data
19:30

landed at ATL · confirmed by live position

⚖ DL904 typically leaves +8 and lands −23. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
+3 gate · −25 arrival
10-29
+1 gate · −25 arrival
10-28
+2 gate · −35 arrival
10-27
+5 gate · −30 arrival
10-26
+7 gate · −21 arrival
10-24
+9 gate · −14 arrival
10-23
+6 gate · −25 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 −23 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
ATLAtlantaOn-time likelyATL delay board →
SMF→ATLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.6%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SMF and ATL 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

Sacramento to Atlanta with Delta Air Lines · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.3%1.2× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 3 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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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Sacramento to Atlanta flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL741departs 07:01
DL769departs 22:40

If DL904 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Sacramento to Atlanta on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SMF 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 DL904 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL904 across the SMF and ATL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~13 min early. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 11/12 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 DL904 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
10-30SMF 12:19 12:22 (+3)ATL 19:49 19:24 (−25)
10-29SMF 12:19 12:20 (+1)ATL 19:49 19:24 (−25)
10-28SMF 12:19 12:21 (+2)ATL 19:49 19:14 (−35)
10-27SMF 12:19 12:24 (+5)ATL 19:49 19:19 (−30)
10-26SMF 12:19 12:26 (+7)ATL 19:49 19:28 (−21)
10-24SMF 12:19 12:28 (+9)ATL 19:49 19:35 (−14)
10-23SMF 12:19 12:25 (+6)ATL 19:49 19:24 (−25)
10-22SMF 12:19 12:33 (+14)ATL 19:49 20:04 (+15)
10-21SMF 12:19 12:28 (+9)ATL 19:49 19:29 (−20)
10-20SMF 12:19 12:31 (+12)ATL 19:49 19:28 (−21)
10-18SMF 12:19 12:28 (+9)ATL 19:49 19:20 (−29)
10-17SMF 12:19 12:33 (+14)ATL 19:49 19:38 (−11)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N843DN, N935DZ, N849DN, N868DN.

Board clocks recorded as SMF and ATL published them.

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