DL538Delta Air Lines · TPA → LAX
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL538 TampaTPA · 07:50 Los AngelesLAX · 10:06

DL538 by Delta Air Lines flies from Tampa (TPA) to Los Angeles (LAX).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
07:50

scheduled from TPA

⚖ DL538 typically leaves +6 and lands −19. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−19 minmedian over 15 operations
Wins back in air~25 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
11-07
+3 gate · −19 arrival
11-06
+5 gate · −17 arrival
11-05
+10 gate · −15 arrival
11-04
−11 arrival
11-03
−17 arrival
11-02
−22 arrival
11-01
+9 gate · −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 −19 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
TPATampaModerate riskTPA delay board →
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
TPA→LAXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+6 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at TPA and LAX 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 at Tampa

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High27°Clikely 25°C to 29°C
Low17°Clikely 15°C to 19°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 Los Angeles

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High28°Clikely 26°C to 31°C
Low17°Clikely 16°C to 18°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 Tampa to Los Angeles flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL749departs 19:24

If DL538 is cancelled, this is the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flight from Tampa to Los Angeles on the same day, with scheduled departure times in TPA 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 DL538 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL538 across the TPA and LAX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~7 min early. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 13/14 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL538 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
11-07TPA 07:50 07:53 (+3)LAX 10:06 09:47 (−19)
11-06TPA 07:54 07:59 (+5)LAX 10:10 09:53 (−17)
11-05TPA 07:54 08:04 (+10)LAX 10:10 09:55 (−15)
11-04TPA LAX 10:10 09:59 (−11)
11-03TPA LAX 10:10 09:53 (−17)
11-02TPA LAX 10:10 09:48 (−22)
11-01TPA 07:54 08:03 (+9)LAX 10:10 09:50 (−20)
10-31TPA 07:50 07:53 (+3)LAX 10:06 09:47 (−19)
10-30TPA 07:50 07:57 (+7)LAX 10:06 09:32 (−34)
10-29TPA LAX 09:30 09:47 (+17)
10-28TPA 07:50 08:01 (+11)LAX 10:06 09:44 (−22)
10-27TPA LAX 10:06 09:41 (−25)
10-26TPA LAX 10:06 09:58 (−8)
10-25TPA LAX 10:06 09:40 (−26)
10-24TPA 07:50 07:54 (+4)LAX 10:06 09:26 (−40)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N603DN, N607DN, N613DN, N617DN.

Board clocks recorded as TPA and LAX published them.

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