DL2251Delta Air Lines · LGA → ORD
live · 5m ago
Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL2251 New YorkLGA · 06:00 ChicagoORD · 07:36

DL2251 by Delta Air Lines flies from New York (LGA) to Chicago (ORD) for the Mon, Oct 19 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Chicago · off blocks 05:58 · 2 min early
07:36

estimated arrival at ORD · local time · ~99 min from now

LivePosition · updated 5m ago
ORD487 mi · ~99 min leftLGA
36,000 ftAltitudecruising
509 mphSpeed442 kt
288°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 38 min

Typical gate push−6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−4 minmedian over 10 operations
Cancellation0 in 11tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-19
−2 gate
10-16
−10 gate · −10 arrival
10-15
−6 gate · +4 arrival
10-14
+3 gate · +18 arrival
10-13
−4 gate · −11 arrival
10-12
−8 gate · −12 arrival
10-09
−9 gate · −26 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 −4 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LGANew YorkOn-time likelyLGA delay board →
ORDChicagoHigh riskORD delay board →
LGA→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.7%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LGA and ORD 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 Chicago flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL2917departs 07:20
DL4817departs 07:30
DL2985departs 08:45
DL2240departs 11:22
DL2226departs 14:40
DL1390departs 16:30

If DL2251 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from New York to Chicago 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 DL2251 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL2251 across the LGA and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 9/10 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL2251 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-19LGA 06:00 05:58 (−2)ORD 07:36
10-16LGA 06:00 05:50 (−10)ORD 07:36 07:26 (−10)
10-15LGA 06:00 05:54 (−6)ORD 07:36 07:40 (+4)
10-14LGA 06:00 06:03 (+3)ORD 07:36 07:54 (+18)
10-13LGA 06:00 05:56 (−4)ORD 07:36 07:25 (−11)
10-12LGA 06:00 05:52 (−8)ORD 07:36 07:24 (−12)
10-09LGA 06:00 05:51 (−9)ORD 07:36 07:10 (−26)
10-08LGA 06:00 05:57 (−3)ORD 07:36 07:34 (−2)
10-07LGA 06:00 05:54 (−6)ORD 07:36 07:30 (−6)
10-06LGA 06:00 05:56 (−4)ORD 07:36 07:38 (+2)
10-05LGA 06:00 05:52 (−8)ORD 07:29 07:25 (−4)

Board clocks recorded as LGA and ORD published them.

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