Flight number record
DL 2316
Delta Air Lines · Detroit to Nashville
- Route
- DTW → BNA
- Departs
- 16:14
- Flights
- 331
- Period
- September 2025 to August 2026
Historical statistics for September 2025 to August 2026, not live status. For today’s DL 2316, check with Delta Air Lines.
DL 2316 sits in the middle of the pack with a C+. About seven flights in ten arrive on time by the DOT's definition, 8 points worse than the national rate of 77.3%. The late ones land about 50 minutes behind schedule. That rests on 331 flights, with a median arrival right on schedule.
The national on-time rate over the same period is 77.3%, so DL 2316 runs 8 points behind the country as a whole. Across a thousand flights that is about 79 extra late arrivals.
Key figures
On time
69.4%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 327 completed flights
Avg delay
50 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
0.91%
National rate is 1.89%
1 hour+ late
7.3%
National rate is 8.3%
These figures cover 331 flights between September 2025 and August 2026. On-time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the same threshold the Department of Transportation uses in its own reports. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and counted separately, which is why the cancellation column matters on its own.
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Schedule
When DL 2316 flies
DL 2316 flies DTW to BNA without a single fixed slot. Its most common scheduled departure was 16:14, used on 54 of 331 flights, with 16:20 (46 flights) and 16:04 (43 flights) next.
- Departs 16:1454 flights16.3%
- Departs 16:2046 flights13.9%
- Departs 16:0443 flights13.0%
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 16:14 departure sits in the 2pm–5pm window. Across every US flight scheduled in that window the on-time rate is 71.9%, and DL 2316 runs 3 points worse at 69.4%. 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 2316 next to DTW to BNA
Every carrier on DTW to BNA combined arrived on time 78.1% of the time across 2,413 flights, so DL 2316 is 9 points behind it. Delta flew 1,405 flights on the same city pair under all its flight numbers, including this one, and those ran 79.9% on time. Across its whole network Delta Air Lines managed 81.1%, which this flight trails by 12 points.
| Compared with | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL 2316thin sample | 331 | 69.4% | 50 min | 0.91% | C+ |
| All Delta Air Lines on DTW–BNA | 1,405 | 79.9% | 57 min | 1.78% | B |
| All carriers on DTW–BNA | 2,413 | 78.1% | 52 min | 1.33% | B |
| Delta Air Lines, whole network | 1,039,517 | 81.1% | 71 min | 1.74% | B |
Across the year
DL 2316 quarter by quarter
DL 2316 did not run the same all year. Its best quarter was Jul–Sep 2025 at 80.0% on time and its weakest Jul–Sep 2026 at 63.9%, a swing of 16 points on roughly 66 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 flights80.0%
- Oct–Dec 202582 flights65.0%
- Jan–Mar 202672 flights70.4%
- Apr–Jun 202686 flights72.9%
- Jul–Sep 202661 flights63.9%
Scale runs 55% to 85%.
By weekday, DL 2316 did best on Thursday at 84.0% on time and worst on Friday at 56.0%. Each day rests on about 47 flights, so a gap of 28 points is worth noticing but could still narrow in another year.
Arrival by arrival
How late DL 2316 runs when it is late
The 100 late arrivals split 37 under half an hour, 39 between 30 and 60 minutes, and 24 an hour or more.
- 15+ min early44 flights13.5%
- Within 15 min183 flights56.0%
- 15–29 min late37 flights11.3%
- 30–59 min late39 flights11.9%
- 1–2 hours late17 flights5.2%
- 2+ hours late7 flights2.1%
Scale runs 0% to 100%.
Share of 327 completed flights by arrival against schedule.
12 of 88 late departures made up the time and arrived on time, 14% of them. In the other direction, 24 flights left on time yet arrived 15 minutes late or more, so that delay built up after pushback: in the air, in a holding pattern or on the ground at BNA.
The worst days
Worst days for DL 2316
The latest arrival of the period was on 17 March 2026, 4 hours 10 minutes behind schedule; most of its delay minutes were filed as carrier-caused (crew, maintenance, fuelling, baggage). The five worst days are spread across March, May, December, July and November, with no single month standing out.
| Date | Arrived late by | Largest filed cause |
|---|---|---|
| 17 March 2026 | 4 hours 10 minutes | Carrier |
| 19 May 2026 | 3 hours 52 minutes | Extreme weather |
| 29 December 2025 | 3 hours 15 minutes | Late-arriving aircraft |
| 20 July 2026 | 2 hours 51 minutes | Carrier |
| 9 November 2025 | 2 hours 27 minutes | National Airspace System |
Delay causes
Why DL 2316 runs late
Carrier accounts for 43% of the 4,948 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.
- 43%Carrier
- 29%National Airspace System
- 24%Late-arriving aircraft
- 5%Extreme weather
The largest share of delay minutes, 43%, falls under carrier control: crew scheduling, maintenance, fuelling, baggage. It accounts for 2,119 of the 4,948 delay minutes reported here. The split is drawn from 4,948 delay minutes reported on DL 2316.
Cancellations sit at 0.91% against a national 1.89%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.30%.
Connections and routes
What a delay on this flight costs
7.3% 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 about 50 minutes, which a normal layover absorbs.
DL 2316 is not only a DTW to BNA flight. It also flew BNA to DTW (321 flights, 73.8% 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. 331 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNA to DTWthin sample | 321 | 73.8% | 52 min | 1.25% | C |
What to do with this
Booking DL 2316
For a booking, DL 2316 is one of the weaker ways to fly DTW to BNA: 9 points below the route as a whole. If the schedule allows, compare it with the other departures listed on the route page before settling on this one.
Related
Where to go next
- DTW to BNA, every carrier and departure
- BNA to DTW, the return direction
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- Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW) delay statistics
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- Delta Air Lines on-time record
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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.