DL4659Delta Air Lines · JFK → RIC
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DL4659 New YorkJFK · 20:30 RichmondRIC · 22:19

DL4659 by Delta Air Lines flies from New York (JFK) to Richmond (RIC) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowOn Time · gate A21
20:30

departs JFK · on schedule

⚖ DL4659 typically leaves −8 and lands −37. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push−8 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−37 minmedian over 15 operations
Wins back in air~29 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
−35 arrival
10-28
−10 gate · −35 arrival
10-27
−9 gate · −38 arrival
10-26
−11 gate · −37 arrival
10-25
−12 gate · −38 arrival
10-24
−8 gate · −44 arrival
10-23
−7 gate · −23 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 −37 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
JFKNew YorkOn-time likelyJFK delay board →
RICRichmondOn-time likelyRIC delay board →
JFK→RICevery 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
3.1%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at JFK and RIC 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

New York to Richmond with Delta Air Lines · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.9%0.3× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
7.6%0.8× usual

Forecast weather: 59% chance of fog at Richmond

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 3 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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 New York to Richmond flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL5316departs 09:59
DL5301departs 14:20
DL5779departs 15:16

If DL4659 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from New York to Richmond on the same day, with scheduled departure times in JFK local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How DL4659 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL4659 across the JFK and RIC boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 12/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL4659 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
10-29JFK 20:30RIC 22:19 21:44 (−35)
10-28JFK 20:30 20:20 (−10)RIC 22:19 21:44 (−35)
10-27JFK 20:30 20:21 (−9)RIC 22:19 21:41 (−38)
10-26JFK 20:30 20:19 (−11)RIC 22:19 21:42 (−37)
10-25JFK 20:30 20:18 (−12)RIC 22:19 21:41 (−38)
10-24JFK 21:20 21:12 (−8)RIC 23:09 22:25 (−44)
10-23JFK 21:20 21:13 (−7)RIC 23:09 22:46 (−23)
10-22JFK 21:20 21:18 (−2)RIC 23:09 22:31 (−38)
10-21JFK 21:20 21:09 (−11)RIC 23:09 22:16 (−53)
10-20JFK 21:20 21:12 (−8)RIC 23:09 22:31 (−38)
10-19JFK 21:20 21:02 (−18)RIC 23:09 22:21 (−48)
10-18JFK 21:20 21:14 (−6)RIC 23:09 22:35 (−34)
10-17JFK 21:15 21:27 (+12)RIC 23:04 23:16 (+12)
10-16JFK 21:20 22:03 (+43)RIC 23:09 23:29 (+20)
10-15JFK 21:20 21:10 (−10)RIC 23:09 22:36 (−33)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N480PX, N829SK, N827SK, N834SK.

Board clocks recorded as JFK and RIC published them.

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