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DL 2478 on time

Delta Air Lines 2478: Raleigh to Atlanta at 7:30 a.m. (past 12 months)

On time
86%
196 flights · likely 81–90%
Cancelled
0.5%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−4 min
median vs schedule
When late
+102 min
average delay
Similar flights
86%
DL, same route & hour

About 1 in 7 DL 2478 flights from Raleigh arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (14%); 0.5% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 4 minutes early.

DL 2478: RDU → ATL

Scheduled to leave Raleigh at 7:30 a.m. local time. Over the past year it arrived on time 86% of the time (196 flights), in line with other DL flights on the route at that hour (86%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Month by month

40%70%100%Jun 2025: 91% on time (23 flights)91JunJul 2025: 94% on time (31 flights)94JulAug 2025: 94% on time (31 flights)94AugSep 2025: 97% on time (30 flights)97SepOct 2025: 94% on time (31 flights)94OctNov 2025: 73% on time (30 flights)73NovDec 2025: 74% on time (19 flights)74DecJun 2026: 92% on time (24 flights)92JunJul 2026: 84% on time (31 flights)84JulAug 2026: 87% on time (31 flights)87Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday2986%
Tuesday2889%
Wednesday2886%
Thursday2886%
Friday2889%
Saturday2774%
Sunday2893%

Why it was late

Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 76%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 24%

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Questions

How often is DL 2478 from RDU to ATL late?

Delta Air Lines 2478 from Raleigh/Durham, NC to Atlanta, GA arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 14% of 196 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.