DL542Delta Air Lines · SEA → ATL
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL542 SeattleSEA · 13:40 AtlantaATL · 21:29

DL542 by Delta Air Lines flies from Seattle (SEA) to Atlanta (ATL) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowOn time · gate B3
13:40

departs SEA · on schedule

Typical arrival−14 minmedian over 6 operations

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
−22 arrival
10-28
−22 arrival
10-27
−16 arrival
10-26
−4 arrival
10-25
−3 arrival
10-24
−12 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 −14 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SEASeattleModerate riskSEA delay board →
ATLAtlantaOn-time likelyATL delay board →
SEA→ATLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
32%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
+3 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by ATL (Atlanta), 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 on this route

Forecast

Seattle to Atlanta with Delta Air Lines · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: elevated
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.3%1.3× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
8.4%1.3× usual

Forecast weather: 82% chance of rain at Seattle

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 7 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
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Seattle to Atlanta flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL569departs 06:00
DL562departs 07:22
DL8801departs 08:30
DL8802departs 08:59
DL554departs 11:45
DL188departs 12:30

If DL542 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Seattle to Atlanta on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SEA 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 DL542 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL542 across the SEA and ATL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~7 min early. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 6/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL542 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
10-29SEA 13:40ATL 21:29 21:07 (−22)
10-28SEA 13:40ATL 21:29 21:07 (−22)
10-27SEA 13:40ATL 21:29 21:13 (−16)
10-26SEA 13:40ATL 21:29 21:25 (−4)
10-25SEA 13:40ATL 21:29 21:26 (−3)
10-24SEA ATL 21:29 21:17 (−12)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N552DT, N556DT, N555DE.

Board clocks recorded as SEA and ATL published them.

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