Flight number record
DL 2893
Delta Air Lines · Atlanta to San Antonio
- Route
- ATL → SAT
- Departs
- 19:09
- Flights
- 361
- Period
- September 2025 to August 2026
Historical statistics for September 2025 to August 2026, not live status. For today’s DL 2893, check with Delta Air Lines.
DL 2893 sits in the middle of the pack with a C. Close to three flights in four arrive on time by the DOT's definition, 3 points worse than the national rate of 77.3%. The late ones land about an hour behind schedule. That rests on 361 flights, with a median arrival 5 minutes early.
Key figures
On time
74.2%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 356 completed flights
Avg delay
67 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
1.39%
National rate is 1.89%
1 hour+ late
8.7%
National rate is 8.3%
These figures cover 361 flights between September 2025 and August 2026. Beyond the headline rate, 8.7% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 8.3% nationally.
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Schedule
When DL 2893 flies
DL 2893 flies ATL to SAT without a single fixed slot. Its most common scheduled departure was 19:09, used on 54 of 361 flights, with 18:47 (48 flights) next.
- Departs 19:0954 flights15.0%
- Departs 18:4748 flights13.3%
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 19:09 departure sits in the 5pm–8pm window. Across every US flight scheduled in that window the on-time rate is 68.0%, and DL 2893 runs 6 points better at 74.2%. By that time of day most aircraft have flown several legs already, and whatever went wrong earlier is still in the schedule.
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Against the route
DL 2893 next to ATL to SAT
Every carrier on ATL to SAT combined arrived on time 81.1% of the time across 2,962 flights, so DL 2893 is 7 points behind it. Delta flew 2,596 flights on the same city pair under all its flight numbers, including this one, and those ran 81.1% on time. Across its whole network Delta Air Lines managed 81.1%, which this flight trails by 7 points.
| Compared with | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL 2893thin sample | 361 | 74.2% | 67 min | 1.39% | C |
| All Delta Air Lines on ATL–SAT | 2,596 | 81.1% | 55 min | 1.85% | B |
| All carriers on ATL–SAT | 2,962 | 81.1% | 56 min | 1.65% | B |
| Delta Air Lines, whole network | 1,039,517 | 81.1% | 71 min | 1.74% | B |
Across the year
DL 2893 quarter by quarter
DL 2893 did not run the same all year. Its best quarter was Jul–Sep 2025 at 76.7% on time and its weakest Jul–Sep 2026 at 66.7%, a swing of 10 points on roughly 72 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 flights76.7%
- Oct–Dec 202589 flights76.1%
- Jan–Mar 202689 flights76.4%
- Apr–Jun 202691 flights74.2%
- Jul–Sep 202662 flights66.7%
Scale runs 60% to 80%.
By weekday, DL 2893 did best on Tuesday at 84.6% on time and worst on Sunday at 64.0%. Each day rests on about 52 flights, so a gap of 21 points is worth noticing but could still narrow in another year.
Arrival by arrival
How late DL 2893 runs when it is late
DL 2893 often beats the schedule: 97 of 356 completed flights, 27%, arrived 15 minutes or more early. The 92 late arrivals split 31 under half an hour, 30 between 30 and 60 minutes, and 31 an hour or more.
- 15+ min early97 flights27.2%
- Within 15 min167 flights46.9%
- 15–29 min late31 flights8.7%
- 30–59 min late30 flights8.4%
- 1–2 hours late18 flights5.1%
- 2+ hours late13 flights3.7%
Scale runs 0% to 100%.
Share of 356 completed flights by arrival against schedule.
19 of 99 late departures made up the time and arrived on time, 19% of them. 12 flights left on time and still arrived late.
The worst days
Worst days for DL 2893
The latest arrival of the period was on 16 March 2026, 7 hours 18 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 July 2026.
| Date | Arrived late by | Largest filed cause |
|---|---|---|
| 16 March 2026 | 7 hours 18 minutes | Carrier |
| 11 July 2026 | 4 hours 7 minutes | Carrier |
| 6 July 2026 | 3 hours 30 minutes | Late-arriving aircraft |
| 25 July 2026 | 3 hours 27 minutes | Carrier |
| 9 November 2025 | 3 hours 22 minutes | Carrier |
Delay causes
Why DL 2893 runs late
Carrier accounts for 48% of the 6,129 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.
- 48%Carrier
- 33%Late-arriving aircraft
- 11%National Airspace System
- 6%Extreme weather
- 1%Security
The largest share of delay minutes, 48%, falls under carrier control: crew scheduling, maintenance, fuelling, baggage. It accounts for 2,968 of the 6,129 delay minutes reported here. The split is drawn from 6,129 delay minutes reported on DL 2893.
Cancellations sit at 1.39% against a national 1.89%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.00%.
Connections and routes
What a delay on this flight costs
8.7% 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 an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.
The 874 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.
Every one of the 361 flights under DL 2893 in the data flew ATL to SAT. The number was not reused on any other city pair, which makes this a clean record of one route.
One caution: this is a thin sample. 361 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.
What to do with this
Booking DL 2893
For a booking, DL 2893 is one of the weaker ways to fly ATL to SAT: 7 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.
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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.