DL8948Delta Air Lines · MDW → JFK
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DL8948 ChicagoMDW · 23:00 New YorkJFK · 00:53

DL8948 by Delta Air Lines flies from Chicago (MDW) to New York (JFK).

Same number through MDW → LAX → IAD → JFK

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
23:00

scheduled from MDW

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
JFKNew YorkOn-time likelyJFK delay board →
MDW→JFKevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MDW and JFK 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 Chicago

Forecast

Fri 30 Oct, local date

High16°Clikely 14°C to 18°C
Low9°Clikely 7°C to 11°C
Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.5%usually 0.6%
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
9.7%usually 9.2%

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Based on about 230 departures a day. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Los Angeles

Forecast

Fri 30 Oct, local date

High21°Clikely 20°C to 22°C
Low18°Clikely 16°C to 19°C
Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.7%usually 0.8%
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
9.6%usually 7.9%

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Based on about 730 departures a day. · 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.

How DL8948 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL8948 across the MDW and JFK boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +55 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL8948 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
10-27MDW 23:00 23:40 (+40)JFK

Aircraft

Recent tails: N654DL.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and JFK published them.

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