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DL 2172 on time

Delta Air Lines 2172: San Diego to Detroit at 2:40 p.m. (past 12 months)

On time
83%
181 flights · likely 77–88%
Cancelled
0.0%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−9 min
median vs schedule
When late
+48 min
average delay
Similar flights
83%
DL, same route & hour

About 1 in 6 DL 2172 flights from San Diego arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (17%); 0.0% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 9 minutes early.

DL 2172: SAN → DTW

Scheduled to leave San Diego at 2:40 p.m. local time. Over the past year it arrived on time 83% of the time (181 flights), in line with other DL flights on the route at that hour (83%). Last seen in the data Aug 30, 2026.

Month by month

40%70%100%Jun 2025: 94% on time (18 flights)94JunJul 2025: 74% on time (23 flights)74JulAug 2025: 85% on time (20 flights)85AugSep 2025: 82% on time (17 flights)82SepOct 2025: 87% on time (23 flights)87OctNov 2025: 83% on time (18 flights)83NovDec 2025: too few flights (10 flights)DecApr 2026: 81% on time (16 flights)81AprMay 2026: 92% on time (25 flights)92MayJun 2026: 87% on time (23 flights)87JunJul 2026: 71% on time (24 flights)71JulAug 2026: 84% on time (25 flights)84Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday3373%
Tuesday2793%
Wednesday2696%
Thursday3174%
Friday3190%
Saturday1—
Sunday3275%

Why it was late

Late inbound plane 66%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 28%Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 7%

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Questions

How often is DL 2172 from SAN to DTW late?

Delta Air Lines 2172 from San Diego, CA to Detroit, MI arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 17% of 181 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 0.0% 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.