DL3989Delta Air Lines · MEM → MSP
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL3989 MemphisMEM · 11:54 MinneapolisMSP · 14:09

DL3989 by Delta Air Lines flies from Memphis (MEM) to Minneapolis (MSP) for the Fri, Oct 16 departure.

Right nowEn route to Minneapolis · off blocks 12:11 · 17 min late
En route

en route from MEM to MSP

En routeDL3989 · position estimated
MEMMemphisMSPMinneapolis
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 12:11.

Typical gate push+13 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 1 operations
Wins back in air~30 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-16
+17 gate
10-15
+0 gate
10-14
+33 gate
10-13
+0 gate
10-12
+13 gate
10-11
+11 gate
10-10
+22 gate · −17 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 −17 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MEMMemphisOn-time likelyMEM delay board →
MSPMinneapolisOn-time likelyMSP delay board →
MEM→MSPevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MEM and MSP 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
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Memphis to Minneapolis flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL3899departs 06:00
DL8846departs 16:40
DL4063departs 18:36

If DL3989 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Memphis to Minneapolis on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MEM local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How DL3989 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL3989 across the MEM and MSP boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min early. Based on 1 confirmed landing · 1/1 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 DL3989 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
10-16MEM 11:54 12:11 (+17)MSP 14:09
10-15MEM 11:54 (+0)MSP 14:10
10-14MEM 11:54 12:27 (+33)MSP 14:09
10-13MEM 11:54 (+0)MSP 14:09
10-12MEM 11:54 12:07 (+13)MSP 14:09
10-11MEM 11:54 12:05 (+11)MSP 14:09
10-10MEM 14:07 14:29 (+22)MSP 16:21 16:04 (−17)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N243SY, N803SK, N554CA, N679CA.

Board clocks recorded as MEM and MSP published them.

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