DL5120Delta Air Lines · RDU → EWR
updated 20m ago
Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL5120 Raleigh/DurhamRDU · 07:05 New YorkEWR · 08:52

DL5120 by Delta Air Lines flies from Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to New York (EWR) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowLanded in New York · today
12:25

arrived at EWR · 213 min late

⚖ DL5120 typically leaves +31 and lands +3. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+31 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+3 minmedian over 10 operations
Wins back in air~28 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 14tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+84+167+251 min
10-31
+251 gate · +213 arrival
10-30
+23 gate · −13 arrival
10-29
+27 gate
10-28
+20 gate
10-27
+74 gate
10-26
+33 gate · +2 arrival
10-25
+15 gate

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 +3 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
RDURaleigh/DurhamOn-time likelyRDU delay board →
EWRNew YorkOn-time likelyEWR delay board →
RDU→EWRevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
34%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.1%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at RDU and EWR are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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 on this route

Forecast

Raleigh/Durham to New York with Delta Air Lines · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
5.6%0.5× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 2 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 Raleigh/Durham to New York flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL5273departs 11:35
DL5222departs 17:00

If DL5120 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Raleigh/Durham to New York on the same day, with scheduled departure times in RDU 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 DL5120 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL5120 across the RDU and EWR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 8/10 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL5120 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
10-31RDU 07:05 11:16 (+251)EWR 08:52 12:25 (+213)
10-30RDU 07:05 07:28 (+23)EWR 08:52 08:39 (−13)
10-29RDU 07:05 07:32 (+27)EWR
10-28RDU 07:05 07:25 (+20)EWR
10-27RDU 07:05 08:19 (+74)EWR
10-26RDU 07:05 07:38 (+33)EWR 08:52 08:54 (+2)
10-25RDU 07:05 07:20 (+15)EWR
10-24RDU 07:05 07:40 (+35)EWR 08:52 08:56 (+4)
10-23RDU 07:05 07:48 (+43)EWR 08:52 09:05 (+13)
10-22RDU 07:05 07:34 (+29)EWR 08:52 08:49 (−3)
10-21RDU 07:05 07:23 (+18)EWR 08:52 08:39 (−13)
10-20RDU 07:05 07:18 (+13)EWR 08:52 08:30 (−22)
10-19RDU 07:05 07:45 (+40)EWR 08:52 08:59 (+7)
10-18RDU 07:05 07:40 (+35)EWR 08:52 09:08 (+16)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N293PQ, N137EV, N602LR, N906XJ.

Board clocks recorded as RDU and EWR published them.

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