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DL 1551 on time

Delta Air Lines 1551: Los Angeles to Seattle at 7:59 p.m. (past 12 months)

On time
77%
301 flights · likely 72–81%
Cancelled
0.3%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−11 min
median vs schedule
When late
+65 min
average delay
Similar flights
73%
DL, same route & hour

About 1 in 4 DL 1551 flights from Los Angeles arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (23%); 0.3% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 11 minutes early.

DL 1551: LAX → SEA

Scheduled to leave Los Angeles at 7:59 p.m. local time. Over the past year it arrived on time 77% of the time (301 flights), better than other DL flights on the route at that hour (73%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Usually Delta Air Lines's last flight of the day from Los Angeles to Seattle (63% of days). Delta Air Lines's last LAX–SEA flight was cancelled 0.3% of the time, against 0.8% for its earlier ones. If it's cancelled, the next Delta Air Lines flight is usually around 7:15 a.m. the next morning.

Month by month

40%70%100%Sep 2025: 100% on time (30 flights)100SepOct 2025: 70% on time (30 flights)70OctNov 2025: 82% on time (28 flights)82NovDec 2025: 79% on time (19 flights)79DecJan 2026: 96% on time (23 flights)96JanFeb 2026: 83% on time (18 flights)83FebMar 2026: 95% on time (22 flights)95MarApr 2026: 91% on time (22 flights)91AprMay 2026: 56% on time (25 flights)56MayJun 2026: 58% on time (26 flights)58JunJul 2026: 61% on time (28 flights)61JulAug 2026: 63% on time (30 flights)63Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday5169%
Tuesday3479%
Wednesday4982%
Thursday5066%
Friday4990%
Saturday2181%
Sunday4777%

Why it was late

Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 49%Late inbound plane 44%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 7%

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Questions

How often is DL 1551 from LAX to SEA late?

Delta Air Lines 1551 from Los Angeles, CA to Seattle, WA arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 23% of 301 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 0.3% were cancelled.

Flight numbers change. Figures cover flights with this airline, number and route only. "Likely range" is the 95% interval for the true on-time rate given the number of flights. This is history, not live status: check Delta Air Lines for today's flight. Method.