Delta Air Lines 717-200
DLNarrow-body jet
Fleet as reported in the 2025 annual filing · Registry & ages refreshed Sep 1, 2026
- Passengers flown a year
- 13.2M
- 3rd-largest Delta Air Lines sub-fleet
- Airframes in the filing
- 81
- Airports served
- 73
- Departures a day
- 394
- Average age
- 24.0 yr
How Delta Air Lines flies its 717-200
Filed traffic dataThe count above is the 717-200 airframes Delta Air Lines owns (US DOT Form 41). This is how it actually flew them to 73 airports — the capacity and busiest routes filed with US DOT T-100 over the trailing 12 months.
Departures flown
143,732
May 2026
Seats flown
15,808,213
Passengers
13.2M
Load factor
83.3%
RPM ÷ ASM
Block hours
207,584
Delta Air Lines's busiest 717-200 routes
Its busiest 717-200 routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.
5,161 departures · 445,692 passengers · 226 mi
78.5%
Load
4,039 departures · 376,422 passengers · 164 mi
84.7%
Load
3,942 departures · 360,188 passengers · 341 mi
83.1%
Load
Atlanta – Huntsville (ATL–HSV)
3,939 departures · 376,917 passengers · 151 mi
87.0%
Load
Atlanta – Greensboro (ATL–GSO)
3,856 departures · 358,390 passengers · 306 mi
84.5%
Load
Atlanta – Tallahassee (ATL–TLH)
3,696 departures · 353,429 passengers · 223 mi
86.9%
Load
3,684 departures · 351,423 passengers · 304 mi
86.7%
Load
3,624 departures · 352,669 passengers · 192 mi
88.5%
Load
3,612 departures · 324,382 passengers · 721 mi
81.7%
Load
3,088 departures · 268,225 passengers · 674 mi
79.0%
Load
Atlanta – Gainesville (ATL–GNV)
3,068 departures · 284,073 passengers · 300 mi
84.2%
Load
Atlanta – Little Rock (ATL–LIT)
2,982 departures · 274,308 passengers · 453 mi
83.6%
Load
Atlanta – Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg (ATL–GSP)
2,950 departures · 283,469 passengers · 153 mi
87.4%
Load
Atlanta – Valparaiso (ATL–VPS)
2,917 departures · 270,291 passengers · 250 mi
84.3%
Load
Atlanta – Birmingham (ATL–BHM)
2,860 departures · 273,282 passengers · 134 mi
86.9%
Load
The longest and shortest Delta Air Lines 717-200 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
1,092 mi
Minneapolis – Savannah (MSP–SAV)
2h 50m block · 156 departures · 89% load
Flown by Delta Air Lines.
Shortest route flown
106 mi
Atlanta – Chattanooga (ATL–CHA)
47m block · 2,578 departures · 86% load
Flown by Delta Air Lines. About 47m of block time, most of it connecting traffic feeding the hub.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through May 2026.
Where Delta Air Lines flies the 717-200 from
Delta Air Lines flies its 717-200 from 73 US airports. The busiest, by departures:
- ATL
53,671 departures · 54 routes
38.0%
Share
- DTW
12,737 departures · 24 routes
9.0%
Share
- CLT
4,937 departures · 3 routes
3.5%
Share
- MSP
4,267 departures · 15 routes
3.0%
Share
- AVL
2,019 departures · 1 route
1.4%
Share
- HSV
1,979 departures · 1 route
1.4%
Share
- JAN
1,970 departures · 1 route
1.4%
Share
- EWR
1,950 departures · 3 routes
1.4%
Share
- GSO
1,924 departures · 1 route
1.4%
Share
- MCI
1,857 departures · 3 routes
1.3%
Share
Where the 717-200 sits in Delta Air Lines's fleet
The 717-200 is 8.6% of Delta Air Lines's 1,025 tracked mainline aircraft.
Share of Delta Air Lines's mainline fleet · each type a slice · the 717-200 is the ringed slice at 8.6%
Other Delta Air Lines types
How old is the Delta Air Lines 717-200 fleet?
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.
See all 81 717-200 tail numbers in Delta Air Lines's fleet →
Monthly Delta Air Lines 717-200 capacity
Frequently asked
How many 717-200 does Delta Air Lines have?
Delta Air Lines operates about 81 717-200 aircraft — 80 in service and 1 stored in its latest US DOT fleet filing.
Where does Delta Air Lines fly the 717-200?
Delta Air Lines flies its 717-200 to about 73 US airports, its busiest route being ATL–CLT.
How old are Delta Air Lines's 717-200?
Delta Air Lines's 717-200 fleet averages about 24.0 yr, ranging from 0.6 yr to 27.0 yr.
What is the longest 717-200 route Delta Air Lines flies?
The longest 717-200 route Delta Air Lines flew over the trailing 12 months is MSP–SAV, about 1,092 miles.