DL492Delta Air Lines · SAN → DTW
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DL492 San DiegoSAN · 11:31 DetroitDTW · 19:02

DL492 by Delta Air Lines flies from San Diego (SAN) to Detroit (DTW) for the Sat, Oct 17 departure.

Right nowLanded in Detroit · today
19:34

arrived at DTW · 32 min late

Typical gate push+25 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+4 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~21 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+222+445+667 min
10-17
+14 gate · +32 arrival
10-16
+494 gate · +667 arrival
10-15
+25 gate · +4 arrival
10-14
−5 gate · −43 arrival
10-13
−20 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 +4 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SANSan DiegoModerate riskSAN delay board →
DTWDetroitOn-time likelyDTW delay board →
SAN→DTWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
45%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
+19 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SAN and DTW 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.

Other San Diego to Detroit flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL754departs 06:15
DL1900departs 13:18
DL2172departs 14:40
DL764departs 22:00

If DL492 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from San Diego to Detroit on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SAN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How DL492 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL492 across the SAN and DTW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~33 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 2/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL492 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
10-17SAN 11:31 11:45 (+14)DTW 19:02 19:34 (+32)
10-16SAN 11:31 19:45 (+494)DTW 19:02 06:09 (+667)
10-15SAN 11:31 11:56 (+25)DTW 19:02 19:06 (+4)
10-14SAN 11:31 11:26 (−5)DTW 19:02 18:19 (−43)
10-13SAN 11:31DTW 19:02 18:42 (−20)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N106DN, N395DZ, N583DT, N611DT.

Board clocks recorded as SAN and DTW published them.

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