DL244Delta Air Lines · JFK → CTA
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL244 New YorkJFK · 16:45 CataniaCTA · 07:55

DL244 by Delta Air Lines flies from New York (JFK) to Catania (CTA) for the Sun, Oct 18 departure.

Right nowEn route to Catania · off blocks 16:34 · 11 min early
07:55

estimated arrival at CTA · local time · ~5h 27m from now

En routeDL244 · position estimated
JFKNew YorkCTACatania
Estimated from the boardsarr 07:55

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 16:34 · typical taxi-out at JFK ≈ 9 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

⚖ DL244 typically leaves +11 and lands −12. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−12 minmedian over 12 operations
Wins back in air~23 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 14tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-18
−11 gate
10-17
−5 gate · −26 arrival
10-16
+42 gate · +38 arrival
10-15
−3 gate · −7 arrival
10-14
+45 gate · +51 arrival
10-13
−1 gate · +1 arrival
10-12
+11 gate · −32 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 −12 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
JFKNew YorkOn-time likelyJFK delay board →
CTACataniaOn-time likelyCTA delay board →
JFK→CTAevery 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
10%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at JFK and CTA 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.

How DL244 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL244 across the JFK and CTA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~12 min early. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 9/12 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL244 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
10-18JFK 16:45 16:34 (−11)CTA 07:55
10-17JFK 16:45 16:40 (−5)CTA 07:55 07:29 (−26)
10-16JFK 16:45 17:27 (+42)CTA 07:55 08:33 (+38)
10-15JFK 16:45 16:42 (−3)CTA 07:55 07:48 (−7)
10-14JFK 16:45 17:30 (+45)CTA 07:55 08:46 (+51)
10-13JFK 16:45 16:44 (−1)CTA 07:55 07:56 (+1)
10-12JFK 16:45 16:56 (+11)CTA 07:55 07:23 (−32)
10-11JFK 16:45 16:56 (+11)CTA 07:55 08:44 (+49)
10-10JFK 16:45 (+0)CTA 07:55 07:28 (−27)
10-09JFK 16:45 17:26 (+41)CTA 07:55 07:33 (−22)
10-08JFK 16:45 18:03 (+78)CTA
10-07JFK 16:45 17:11 (+26)CTA 07:55 07:33 (−22)
10-06JFK 16:50 16:37 (−13)CTA 07:55 07:35 (−20)
10-05JFK 16:50 16:45 (−5)CTA 07:55 07:43 (−12)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N175DZ.

Board clocks recorded as JFK and CTA published them.

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