Delta Air Lines A321neo

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Narrow-body jet

Fleet as reported in the 2025 annual filing · Registry & ages refreshed Nov 1, 2026

Busiest US routes for Delta Air Lines A321neo, by departures: JFK–SLC, LAX–MCO, JFK–LAS, MCO–SLC, JFK–SEA, ATL–SLC, ATL–LAX, JFK–STI, JFK–SJU, BOS–SLC, BOS–SEA, JFK–SDQ, JFK–SAN, LAX–SLC, JFK–MCOJFKSLCMCOLAXSEAATLBOSLASSTI
Delta Air Lines's busiest A321neo routes, by departures — line weight is departures flown, dots are the airports it connects. Great-circle paths from US DOT T-100, trailing 12 months through July 2026.
Passengers flown a year
14.4M
5th-largest Delta Air Lines sub-fleet
Airframes in the filing
87
Airports served
41
Countries
8
Departures a day
241
Average age
2.9 yr

How Delta Air Lines flies its A321neo

Filed traffic data

The count above is the A321neo airframes Delta Air Lines owns (US DOT Form 41). This is how it actually flew them to 41 airports across 8 countries — the capacity and busiest routes filed with US DOT T-100 over the trailing 12 months.

Departures flown

87,970

July 2026

Seats flown

17,037,206

Passengers

14.4M

Load factor

84.9%

RPM ÷ ASM

Block hours

386,161

Delta Air Lines's busiest A321neo routes

Its busiest A321neo routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.

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The longest and shortest Delta Air Lines A321neo flights

The two ends of the type's working envelope, from the routes it actually flew — not what the airframe is certified to do.

Longest route flown

2,724 mi

Miami – Seattle (MIA–SEA)

6h 18m block · 714 departures · 79% load

Flown by Delta Air Lines. A long leg for a narrow-body twin — far enough from a diversion airport that the type carries an ETOPS rating.

Shortest route flown

337 mi

Los Angeles – San Francisco (LAX–SFO)

1h 35m block · 127 departures · 83% load

Flown by Delta Air Lines.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through July 2026.

Where Delta Air Lines flies the A321neo from

Delta Air Lines flies its A321neo from 41 US airports in 8 countries. The busiest, by departures:

  • JFK

    New York

    13,063 departures · 21 routes

    15.3%

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  • SLC

    Salt Lake City

    10,687 departures · 22 routes

    12.5%

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  • LAX

    Los Angeles

    8,159 departures · 17 routes

    9.6%

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  • SEA

    Seattle

    7,340 departures · 17 routes

    8.6%

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  • BOS

    Boston

    6,158 departures · 14 routes

    7.2%

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  • MCO

    Orlando

    4,855 departures · 7 routes

    5.7%

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  • ATL

    Atlanta

    4,309 departures · 13 routes

    5.1%

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  • LAS

    Las Vegas

    3,134 departures · 6 routes

    3.7%

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  • DTW

    Detroit

    2,450 departures · 13 routes

    2.9%

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  • MSP

    Minneapolis

    2,437 departures · 9 routes

    2.9%

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Where the A321neo sits in Delta Air Lines's fleet

The A321neo is 8.5% of Delta Air Lines's 1,025 tracked mainline aircraft.

Share of Delta Air Lines's mainline fleet · each type a slice · the A321neo is the ringed slice at 8.5%

Other Delta Air Lines types

How old is the Delta Air Lines A321neo fleet?

Delta Air Lines A321neo — airframes by age (years)

Age is measured from each airframe's delivery date — the FAA airworthiness date where available, otherwise the manufacturer's. Bars share a fixed scale across every fleet page, so two carriers can be compared directly.

Oldest airframeN501DAAirbus A321neo4.6 yr · Delivered Mar 23, 2022
Newest airframeN554DTAirbus A321neo0.4 yr · Delivered May 26, 2026

See all 87 A321neo tail numbers in Delta Air Lines's fleet →

Monthly Delta Air Lines A321neo capacity

6.8K
6.3K
6.6K
6.5K
7K
6.8K
6.2K
7.6K
8.1K
8.4K
8.6K
9.2K
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Monthly Delta Air Lines A321neo departures across US routes, trailing 12 months through July 2026. Peak month in solid ink.

Frequently asked

How many A321neo does Delta Air Lines have?

Delta Air Lines operates about 87 A321neo aircraft — 87 in service and 0 stored in its latest US DOT fleet filing.

Where does Delta Air Lines fly the A321neo?

Delta Air Lines flies its A321neo to about 41 US airports across 8 countries, its busiest route being JFK–SLC.

How old are Delta Air Lines's A321neo?

Delta Air Lines's A321neo fleet averages about 2.9 yr, ranging from 0.4 yr to 4.6 yr.

What is the longest A321neo route Delta Air Lines flies?

The longest A321neo route Delta Air Lines flew over the trailing 12 months is MIA–SEA, about 2,724 miles.

Inventory: US DOT Form 41 Schedule B-43 (2025). Deliveries: Airbus & Boeing official reports. Registry status: FAA. Last refreshed Nov 1, 2026.