DL5448Delta Air Lines · DTW → RIC
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DL5448 DetroitDTW · 21:40 RichmondRIC · 23:26

DL5448 by Delta Air Lines flies from Detroit (DTW) to Richmond (RIC) for the Tue, Oct 27 departure.

Right nowEn route to Richmond · off blocks 21:51 · 11 min late
22:59

estimated arrival at RIC · local time · ~26 min from now

En routeDL5448 · position estimated
DTWDetroitRICRichmond
Estimated from the boardsarr 22:59

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 21:51 · typical taxi-out at DTW ≈ 7 min.

⚖ DL5448 typically leaves +15 and lands −19. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−19 minmedian over 13 operations
Wins back in air~34 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 13tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-27
+11 gate · −27 arrival
10-26
+9 gate · −26 arrival
10-25
+26 gate · −12 arrival
10-24
+20 gate · −19 arrival
10-23
+15 gate · −20 arrival
10-22
+13 gate · −27 arrival
10-21
+15 gate · −15 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 · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DTWDetroitOn-time likelyDTW delay board →
RICRichmondOn-time likelyRIC delay board →
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
32%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.8%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DTW and RIC 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Detroit to Richmond with Delta Air Lines · Wed 28 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.9%1.1× usual

Forecast weather: 57% chance of fog at Richmond

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

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 3 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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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Detroit to Richmond flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL5509departs 10:20
DL2636departs 14:27
DL5125departs 14:27
DL3073departs 14:30
DL4679departs 22:00

If DL5448 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Detroit to Richmond on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DTW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How DL5448 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL5448 across the DTW and RIC boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min early. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 12/12 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL5448 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
10-27DTW 21:40 21:51 (+11)RIC 23:26 22:59 (−27)
10-26DTW 21:40 21:49 (+9)RIC 23:26 23:00 (−26)
10-25DTW 21:40 22:06 (+26)RIC 23:26 23:14 (−12)
10-24DTW 21:40 22:00 (+20)RIC 23:26 23:07 (−19)
10-23DTW 21:40 21:55 (+15)RIC 23:26 23:06 (−20)
10-22DTW 21:40 21:53 (+13)RIC 23:26 22:59 (−27)
10-21DTW 21:40 21:55 (+15)RIC 23:26 23:11 (−15)
10-20DTW 21:40 21:55 (+15)RIC 23:26 23:02 (−24)
10-19DTW 21:40 21:57 (+17)RIC 23:26 23:10 (−16)
10-18DTW 21:40 21:56 (+16)RIC 23:26 23:11 (−15)
10-17DTW 21:40 21:44 (+4)RIC 23:26 22:57 (−29)
10-16DTW 21:40 22:17 (+37)RIC 23:26 23:34 (+8)
10-15DTW 21:40 22:21 (+41)RIC 23:26 23:32 (+6)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N398CA, N908XJ, N379CA, N668CA.

Board clocks recorded as DTW and RIC published them.

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