DL4938Delta Air Lines · LGA → BHM
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL4938 New YorkLGA · 21:25 BirminghamBHM · 23:06

DL4938 by Delta Air Lines flies from New York (LGA) to Birmingham (BHM) for the Fri, Nov 6 departure.

Right nowOn Time · gate 70 · as of 05:35
21:25

departs LGA · on schedule

⚖ DL4938 typically leaves −5 and lands −13. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push−5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−13 minmedian over 12 operations
Wins back in air~8 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 12tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-05
−5 gate · −1 arrival
11-04
+3 gate · −1 arrival
11-03
−12 gate · −31 arrival
11-02
−3 gate · −29 arrival
11-01
+79 gate · +58 arrival
10-30
−5 gate · +9 arrival
10-29
−14 gate · −35 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 −13 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LGANew YorkHigh riskLGA delay board →
BHMBirminghamOn-time likelyBHM delay board →
LGA→BHMevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.5%Chance of cancellation
+11 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by LGA (New York), 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 New York

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High17°Clikely 15°C to 20°C
Low12°Clikely 9°C to 15°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 Birmingham

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High17°Clikely 14°C to 20°C
Low9°Clikely 7°C to 11°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 New York to Birmingham flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL4936departs 08:59
DL4942departs 14:29

If DL4938 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from New York to Birmingham on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LGA 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 DL4938 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL4938 across the LGA and BHM boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 9/11 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL4938 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
11-05LGA 21:25 21:20 (−5)BHM 23:06 23:05 (−1)
11-04LGA 21:25 21:28 (+3)BHM 23:06 23:05 (−1)
11-03LGA 21:25 21:13 (−12)BHM 23:06 22:35 (−31)
11-02LGA 21:25 21:22 (−3)BHM 23:06 22:37 (−29)
11-01LGA 21:25 22:44 (+79)BHM 23:06 00:04 (+58)
10-30LGA 21:25 21:20 (−5)BHM 23:06 23:15 (+9)
10-29LGA 21:25 21:11 (−14)BHM 23:06 22:31 (−35)
10-28LGA 21:25 21:11 (−14)BHM 23:06 22:33 (−33)
10-27LGA 21:25 21:15 (−10)BHM 23:06 22:35 (−31)
10-26LGA 21:25 21:13 (−12)BHM 23:06 22:48 (−18)
10-25LGA 21:25 21:26 (+1)BHM 23:06 00:15 (+69)
10-23LGA 21:25 21:28 (+3)BHM 23:06 22:57 (−9)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N131EV, N232PQ, N337PQ, N307PQ.

Board clocks recorded as LGA and BHM published them.

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