Flight number record
DL 1196
Delta Air Lines · Atlanta to Fort Myers
- Route
- ATL → RSW
- Departs
- 13:27
- Flights
- 365
- Period
- September 2025 to August 2026
Historical statistics for September 2025 to August 2026, not live status. For today’s DL 1196, check with Delta Air Lines.
DL 1196 lands a B, 5 points better than the national rate of 77.3%. About one flight in six arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by roughly 45 minutes on average. That rests on 365 flights, with a median arrival 7 minutes early.
Set against the rest of the country, DL 1196's record is 5 points better than the US average of 77.3%. That gap is worth roughly 51 fewer late arrivals for every thousand flights.
Key figures
On time
82.4%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 358 completed flights
Avg delay
47 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
1.64%
National rate is 1.89%
1 hour+ late
5.6%
National rate is 8.3%
These figures cover 365 flights between September 2025 and August 2026. The median arrival is 7 minutes early, which is the part an average hides: most flights here are fine, and the on-time rate is decided by a tail of badly late ones. On-time means under 15 minutes late, the DOT's own threshold.
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Schedule
When DL 1196 flies
DL 1196 flies ATL to RSW without a single fixed slot. Its most common scheduled departure was 13:27, used on 50 of 365 flights, with 12:53 (45 flights) and 12:15 (38 flights) next.
- Departs 13:2750 flights13.7%
- Departs 12:5345 flights12.3%
- Departs 12:1538 flights10.4%
Scale runs 0% to 100%.
Share of scheduled departures at each local time. Times used on fewer than one flight in ten are not listed.
A 13:27 departure sits in the 11am–2pm window. Across every US flight scheduled in that window the on-time rate is 78.3%, and DL 1196 runs 4 points better at 82.4%. Midday slots inherit some of the morning's delays without yet carrying the full weight of the evening's.
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Against the route
DL 1196 next to ATL to RSW
Every carrier on ATL to RSW combined arrived on time 76.8% of the time across 2,806 flights, so DL 1196 is 6 points ahead of it. Delta flew 2,720 flights on the same city pair under all its flight numbers, including this one, and those ran 77.4% on time. Across its whole network Delta Air Lines managed 81.1%, close to this flight's figure.
| Compared with | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL 1196 | 365 | 82.4% | 47 min | 1.64% | B |
| All Delta Air Lines on ATL–RSW | 2,720 | 77.4% | 57 min | 1.58% | B |
| All carriers on ATL–RSW | 2,806 | 76.8% | 57 min | 1.60% | B |
| Delta Air Lines, whole network | 1,039,517 | 81.1% | 71 min | 1.74% | B |
Across the year
DL 1196 quarter by quarter
DL 1196 did not run the same all year. Its best quarter was Apr–Jun 2026 at 89.9% on time and its weakest Jul–Sep 2026 at 77.4%, a swing of 13 points on roughly 73 flights a quarter. The twelve-month rate averages over that, so if you are flying in a weak quarter the quarter's own figure is the better guide.
- Jul–Sep 202530 flights86.7%
- Oct–Dec 202592 flights81.1%
- Jan–Mar 202690 flights78.2%
- Apr–Jun 202691 flights89.9%
- Jul–Sep 202662 flights77.4%
Scale runs 70% to 95%.
By weekday, DL 1196 did best on Wednesday at 94.2% on time and worst on Saturday at 71.4%. Each day rests on about 52 flights, so a gap of 23 points is worth noticing but could still narrow in another year.
Arrival by arrival
How late DL 1196 runs when it is late
The 63 late arrivals split 26 under half an hour, 17 between 30 and 60 minutes, and 20 an hour or more.
- 15+ min early70 flights19.6%
- Within 15 min225 flights62.8%
- 15–29 min late26 flights7.3%
- 30–59 min late17 flights4.7%
- 1–2 hours late17 flights4.7%
- 2+ hours late3 flights0.8%
Scale runs 0% to 100%.
Share of 358 completed flights by arrival against schedule.
8 of 58 late departures made up the time and arrived on time, 14% of them. 13 flights left on time and still arrived late.
The worst days
Worst days for DL 1196
The latest arrival of the period was on 28 April 2026, 2 hours 46 minutes behind schedule; most of its delay minutes were filed as carrier-caused (crew, maintenance, fuelling, baggage). Three of the five worst days fell in March 2026.
| Date | Arrived late by | Largest filed cause |
|---|---|---|
| 28 April 2026 | 2 hours 46 minutes | Carrier |
| 9 November 2025 | 2 hours 27 minutes | Carrier |
| 12 March 2026 | 2 hours 7 minutes | Carrier |
| 7 March 2026 | 1 hour 46 minutes | Carrier |
| 22 March 2026 | 1 hour 42 minutes | Carrier |
Delay causes
Why DL 1196 runs late
Carrier accounts for 60% of the 2,985 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.
- 60%Carrier
- 28%National Airspace System
- 9%Late-arriving aircraft
- 2%Extreme weather
- 1%Security
The largest share of delay minutes, 60%, falls under carrier control: crew scheduling, maintenance, fuelling, baggage. It accounts for 1,795 of the 2,985 delay minutes reported here. The split is drawn from 2,985 delay minutes reported on DL 1196.
Cancellations sit at 1.64% against a national 1.89%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.27%.
Connections and routes
What a delay on this flight costs
5.6% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 8.3%, so a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last roughly 45 minutes, which a normal layover absorbs.
The 515 miles between these two airports put this in the middle of the US network, around two and a half to three hours of block time. That is enough cruise to absorb a ten-minute late pushback and not enough to absorb thirty.
DL 1196 is not only a ATL to RSW flight. It also flew RSW to ATL (255 flights, 80.6% on time) often enough to be scored on its own. Airlines attach one number to several legs of an aircraft's day, and each leg keeps its own record here, so check which city pair is on your booking before reading a rate.
One caution: this is a thin sample. 365 flights over twelve months is enough to clear this site's floor but not enough to pin the rate down tightly, and a single bad week moves it by more than a point. Treat the grade as a rough reading.
| Also flown as | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSW to ATLthin sample | 255 | 80.6% | 90 min | 2.35% | B |
What to do with this
Booking DL 1196
For a booking, read DL 1196 as 82.4% on time with 1.64% cancelled over 365 flights. Those are rates from the past twelve months, not a forecast for any particular day.
Related
Where to go next
- ATL to RSW, every carrier and departure
- RSW to ATL, the return direction
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A flight number here means Delta Air Lines’s own number as it reports to the DOT. How the figures are computed is on the methodology page.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, September 2025 to August 2026. Last updated ; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.