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DL 2072 on time

Delta Air Lines 2072: Atlanta to New Orleans at 9:40 p.m. (past 12 months)

On time
75%
216 flights · likely 68–80%
Cancelled
0.5%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−1 min
median vs schedule
When late
+69 min
average delay
Similar flights
79%
DL, same route & hour

About 1 in 4 DL 2072 flights from Atlanta arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (25%); 0.5% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 1 minutes early.

DL 2072: ATL → MSY

Scheduled to leave Atlanta at 9:40 p.m. local time. Over the past year it arrived on time 75% of the time (216 flights), worse than other DL flights on the route at that hour (79%). Last seen in the data Aug 30, 2026.

Month by month

30%65%100%Sep 2025: too few flights (13 flights)SepOct 2025: 89% on time (18 flights)89OctNov 2025: too few flights (14 flights)NovDec 2025: 65% on time (20 flights)65DecJan 2026: too few flights (10 flights)JanFeb 2026: too few flights (5 flights)FebMar 2026: too few flights (14 flights)MarApr 2026: 84% on time (25 flights)84AprMay 2026: 74% on time (31 flights)74MayJun 2026: 84% on time (25 flights)84JunJul 2026: 42% on time (24 flights)42JulAug 2026: 82% on time (17 flights)82Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday4370%
Tuesday16—
Wednesday17—
Thursday4279%
Friday4267%
Saturday12—
Sunday4470%

Why it was late

Late inbound plane 43%Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 41%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 9%Severe weather 7%

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Questions

How often is DL 2072 from ATL to MSY late?

Delta Air Lines 2072 from Atlanta, GA to New Orleans, LA arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 25% of 216 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 0.5% were cancelled.

Flight numbers change. Figures cover flights with this airline, number and route only. "Likely range" is the 95% interval for the true on-time rate given the number of flights. This is history, not live status: check Delta Air Lines for today's flight. Method.