DL2897Delta Air Lines · MCI → SLC
live · 3m ago
Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL2897 Kansas CityMCI · 07:45 Salt Lake CitySLC · 09:35

DL2897 by Delta Air Lines flies from Kansas City (MCI) to Salt Lake City (SLC) for the Sat, Nov 7 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Salt Lake City · off blocks 07:35 · 10 min early
08:59

estimated arrival at SLC · local time · ~85 min from now

LivePosition · updated 3m ago
SLC602 mi · ~85 min leftMCI
38,000 ftAltitudecruising
495 mphSpeed430 kt
274°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 45 min

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−32 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~32 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-07
−10 gate · −36 arrival
11-06
+0 gate · −35 arrival
11-05
+0 gate · −29 arrival
11-04
−10 gate · −29 arrival
11-03
+0 gate

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 −32 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MCIKansas CityOn-time likelyMCI delay board →
SLCSalt Lake CityOn-time likelySLC delay board →
MCI→SLCevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.5%Chance of cancellation
+12 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by MCI (Kansas City), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow at Kansas City

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High16°Clikely 13°C to 18°C
Low4°Clikely 2°C to 6°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Salt Lake City

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High16°Clikely 14°C to 17°C
Low5°Clikely 3°C to 6°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Kansas City to Salt Lake City flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL2903departs 00:00
DL2882departs 14:57

If DL2897 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Kansas City to Salt Lake City on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MCI local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How DL2897 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL2897 across the MCI and SLC boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~25 min early. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 3/3 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 DL2897 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
11-07MCI 07:45 07:35 (−10)SLC 09:35 08:59 (−36)
11-06MCI 07:45 (+0)SLC 09:35 09:00 (−35)
11-05MCI 07:45 (+0)SLC 09:35 09:06 (−29)
11-04MCI 07:45 07:35 (−10)SLC 09:35 09:06 (−29)
11-03MCI 07:45 (+0)SLC

Aircraft

Recent tails: N145DQ, N140DU, N134DU.

Board clocks recorded as MCI and SLC published them.

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