DL442Delta Air Lines · DTW → SFO
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL442 DetroitDTW · 16:21 San FranciscoSFO · 18:17

DL442 by Delta Air Lines flies from Detroit (DTW) to San Francisco (SFO).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
16:21

scheduled from DTW

Typical gate push+48 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+31 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~17 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-04
+65 gate · +51 arrival
11-03
+65 gate · +51 arrival
11-02
+15 gate · +3 arrival
11-01
+30 gate · +11 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
DTWDetroitOn-time likelyDTW delay board →
SFOSan FranciscoHigh riskSFO delay board →
DTW→SFOevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
48%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
+24 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by SFO (San Francisco), 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 Detroit

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High15°Clikely 13°C to 16°C
Low11°Clikely 9°C to 13°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 San Francisco

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 19°C to 22°C
Low12°Clikely 10°C to 14°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
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Detroit to San Francisco flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL361departs 08:27
DL469departs 12:20
DL1327departs 20:35

If DL442 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Detroit to San Francisco on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DTW 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 DL442 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL442 across the DTW and SFO boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~31 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 2/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL442 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
11-04DTW 16:21 17:26 (+65)SFO 18:17 19:08 (+51)
11-03DTW 16:21 17:26 (+65)SFO 18:17 19:08 (+51)
11-02DTW 16:21 16:36 (+15)SFO 18:17 18:20 (+3)
11-01DTW 16:21 16:51 (+30)SFO 18:17 18:28 (+11)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N884DN, N810DN, N933DZ.

Board clocks recorded as DTW and SFO published them.

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