DL989Delta Air Lines · LGA → ATL
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL989 New YorkLGA · 09:59 AtlantaATL · 12:20

DL989 by Delta Air Lines flies from New York (LGA) to Atlanta (ATL) for the Wed, Oct 14 departure.

Right nowEn route to Atlanta · off blocks 10:09 · 10 min late
En route

en route from LGA to ATL

En routeDL989 · position estimated
LGANew YorkATLAtlanta
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 10:09 · typical taxi-out at LGA ≈ 12.9 min.

Typical gate push−3 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−11 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~8 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-14
+10 gate · −11 arrival
10-05
−6 gate · −21 arrival
10-04
+7 gate · −1 arrival
10-03
−7 gate · +10 arrival
10-02
−5 gate · −20 arrival
10-01
−3 gate · −30 arrival
09-30
+10 gate · −11 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 −11 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LGANew YorkOn-time likelyLGA delay board →
ATLAtlantaOn-time likelyATL delay board →
LGA→ATLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.6%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LGA 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 New York to Atlanta flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL550departs 06:00
DL342departs 06:59
DL364departs 07:59
DL992departs 09:00
DL1409departs 09:59
DL993departs 10:59

If DL989 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from New York to Atlanta on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LGA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How DL989 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL989 across the LGA and ATL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 6/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL989 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
10-14LGA 09:59 10:09 (+10)ATL 12:20 12:09 (−11)
10-05LGA 09:59 09:53 (−6)ATL 12:20 11:59 (−21)
10-04LGA 09:59 10:06 (+7)ATL 12:20 12:19 (−1)
10-03LGA 10:00 09:53 (−7)ATL 12:24 12:34 (+10)
10-02LGA 09:59 09:54 (−5)ATL 12:20 12:00 (−20)
10-01LGA 09:59 09:56 (−3)ATL 12:20 11:50 (−30)
09-30LGA 09:59 10:09 (+10)ATL 12:20 12:09 (−11)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N113DX, N366DX, N386DN, N384DN.

Board clocks recorded as LGA and ATL published them.

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