Delta Air Lines 757-300
DLNarrow-body jet
Fleet as reported in the 2025 annual filing · Registry & ages refreshed Sep 1, 2026
- Passengers flown a year
- 3.3M
- 16th-largest Delta Air Lines sub-fleet
- Airframes in the filing
- 16
- Airports served
- 14
- Departures a day
- 45
- Average age
- 23.5 yr
How Delta Air Lines flies its 757-300
Filed traffic dataThe count above is the 757-300 airframes Delta Air Lines owns (US DOT Form 41). This is how it actually flew them to 14 airports — the capacity and busiest routes filed with US DOT T-100 over the trailing 12 months.
Departures flown
16,435
May 2026
Seats flown
3,844,872
Passengers
3.3M
Load factor
85.4%
RPM ÷ ASM
Block hours
55,559
Delta Air Lines's busiest 757-300 routes
Its busiest 757-300 routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.
Orlando – Minneapolis (MCO–MSP)
1,769 departures · 361,315 passengers · 1,310 mi
87.3%
Load
1,724 departures · 349,738 passengers · 957 mi
86.7%
Load
Atlanta – Los Angeles (ATL–LAX)
1,082 departures · 218,004 passengers · 1,947 mi
86.1%
Load
Detroit – Fort Lauderdale (DTW–FLL)
1,036 departures · 189,651 passengers · 1,127 mi
78.2%
Load
Minneapolis – Fort Myers (MSP–RSW)
1,002 departures · 202,549 passengers · 1,416 mi
86.4%
Load
925 departures · 195,238 passengers · 2,182 mi
90.2%
Load
Detroit – Fort Myers (DTW–RSW)
828 departures · 166,553 passengers · 1,084 mi
86.0%
Load
718 departures · 138,938 passengers · 404 mi
82.7%
Load
Minneapolis – Phoenix (MSP–PHX)
716 departures · 139,039 passengers · 1,276 mi
83.0%
Load
Atlanta – Minneapolis (ATL–MSP)
616 departures · 118,161 passengers · 907 mi
82.1%
Load
597 departures · 122,411 passengers · 1,892 mi
87.7%
Load
Las Vegas – Minneapolis (LAS–MSP)
528 departures · 103,558 passengers · 1,299 mi
83.8%
Load
515 departures · 102,858 passengers · 983 mi
85.4%
Load
Atlanta – San Francisco (ATL–SFO)
505 departures · 100,636 passengers · 2,139 mi
85.2%
Load
Los Angeles – Minneapolis (LAX–MSP)
378 departures · 72,235 passengers · 1,535 mi
81.7%
Load
The longest and shortest Delta Air Lines 757-300 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
2,182 mi
5h 0m block · 925 departures · 90% 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
404 mi
1h 37m block · 718 departures · 83% load
Flown by Delta Air Lines. Also one of the type's busiest routes anywhere in the US — a short hop worked like a bus line.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through May 2026.
Where Delta Air Lines flies the 757-300 from
Delta Air Lines flies its 757-300 from 14 US airports. The busiest, by departures:
- MSP
2,937 departures · 10 routes
18.4%
Share
- ATL
2,851 departures · 10 routes
17.9%
Share
- DTW
2,609 departures · 9 routes
16.4%
Share
- MCO
2,108 departures · 3 routes
13.2%
Share
- RSW
916 departures · 2 routes
5.8%
Share
- LAX
851 departures · 3 routes
5.3%
Share
- FLL
809 departures · 3 routes
5.1%
Share
- LAS
615 departures · 3 routes
3.9%
Share
- SEA
598 departures · 3 routes
3.8%
Share
- PHX
428 departures · 2 routes
2.7%
Share
Where the 757-300 sits in Delta Air Lines's fleet
The 757-300 is 1.6% of Delta Air Lines's 1,025 tracked mainline aircraft.
Share of Delta Air Lines's mainline fleet · each type a slice · the 757-300 is the ringed slice at 1.6%
Other Delta Air Lines types
How old is the Delta Air Lines 757-300 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 16 757-300 tail numbers in Delta Air Lines's fleet →
Monthly Delta Air Lines 757-300 capacity
Frequently asked
How many 757-300 does Delta Air Lines have?
Delta Air Lines operates about 16 757-300 aircraft — 16 in service and 0 stored in its latest US DOT fleet filing.
Where does Delta Air Lines fly the 757-300?
Delta Air Lines flies its 757-300 to about 14 US airports, its busiest route being MCO–MSP.
How old are Delta Air Lines's 757-300?
Delta Air Lines's 757-300 fleet averages about 23.5 yr, ranging from 22.9 yr to 24.2 yr.
What is the longest 757-300 route Delta Air Lines flies?
The longest 757-300 route Delta Air Lines flew over the trailing 12 months is ATL–SEA, about 2,182 miles.