DL968Delta Air Lines · LGA → ATL
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL968 New YorkLGA · 17:00 AtlantaATL · 19:30

DL968 by Delta Air Lines flies from New York (LGA) to Atlanta (ATL) for the Mon, Oct 19 departure.

Right nowLanded in Atlanta · today
19:10

arrived at ATL · 20 min early

⚖ DL968 typically leaves +2 and lands −16. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-20
−5 gate · −20 arrival
10-19
−6 gate · −20 arrival
10-18
+37 gate · +10 arrival
10-16
+19 gate · +88 arrival
10-15
+1 gate · −24 arrival
10-14
−5 gate · −40 arrival
10-13
−5 gate · −43 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 −16 min · 0 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LGANew YorkOn-time likelyLGA delay board →
ATLAtlantaOn-time likelyATL delay board →
LGA→ATLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.4%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LGA and ATL 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 →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other New York to Atlanta flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL550departs 06:00
DL342departs 06:59
DL364departs 07:59
DL992departs 09:00
DL1409departs 09:59
DL993departs 10:59

If DL968 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from New York to Atlanta on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LGA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How DL968 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL968 across the LGA and ATL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 9/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL968 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
10-20LGA 17:00 16:55 (−5)ATL 19:30 19:10 (−20)
10-19LGA 17:00 16:54 (−6)ATL 19:30 19:10 (−20)
10-18LGA 17:00 17:37 (+37)ATL 19:30 19:40 (+10)
10-16LGA 17:00 17:19 (+19)ATL 19:30 20:58 (+88)
10-15LGA 17:00 17:01 (+1)ATL 19:30 19:06 (−24)
10-14LGA 17:00 16:55 (−5)ATL 19:30 18:50 (−40)
10-13LGA 17:00 16:55 (−5)ATL 19:30 18:47 (−43)
10-12LGA 17:00 17:17 (+17)ATL 19:30 19:45 (+15)
10-11LGA 17:00 17:03 (+3)ATL 19:30 19:23 (−7)
10-09LGA 17:00 17:02 (+2)ATL 19:30 19:22 (−8)
10-08LGA 17:00 16:58 (−2)ATL 19:30 19:14 (−16)
10-07LGA 17:00 17:34 (+34)ATL 19:30 19:43 (+13)
10-06LGA 17:00 17:05 (+5)ATL 19:30 18:58 (−32)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N389DN, N369DN, N112DN, N123DW.

Board clocks recorded as LGA and ATL published them.

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