Delta Air Lines 757-300

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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 757-300, by departures: DTW–MCO, MCO–MSP, DTW–FLL, MSP–RSW, ATL–LAX, DTW–RSW, ATL–SEA, MSP–PHX, LAS–MSP, DTW–TPA, ATL–MSP, ATL–SAN, LAX–MSP, DTW–LAX, DTW–SEADTWMSPMCOATLRSWLAXSEAFLLPHX
Delta Air Lines's busiest 757-300 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
3.2M
16th-largest Delta Air Lines sub-fleet
Airframes in the filing
16
Airports served
14
Departures a day
45
Average age
23.7 yr

How Delta Air Lines flies its 757-300

Filed traffic data

The 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

16,317

July 2026

Seats flown

3,817,534

Passengers

3.2M

Load factor

85.5%

RPM ÷ ASM

Block hours

55,932

Delta Air Lines's busiest 757-300 routes

Its busiest 757-300 routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.

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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

Atlanta – Seattle (ATL–SEA)

5h 2m block · 936 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

Atlanta – Orlando (ATL–MCO)

1h 37m block · 361 departures · 85% 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 757-300 from

Delta Air Lines flies its 757-300 from 14 US airports. The busiest, by departures:

  • MSP

    Minneapolis

    3,022 departures · 9 routes

    19.3%

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  • DTW

    Detroit

    3,013 departures · 9 routes

    19.3%

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  • ATL

    Atlanta

    2,201 departures · 9 routes

    14.1%

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  • MCO

    Orlando

    1,986 departures · 3 routes

    12.7%

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  • RSW

    Fort Myers

    980 departures · 2 routes

    6.3%

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  • LAX

    Los Angeles

    924 departures · 3 routes

    5.9%

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  • SEA

    Seattle

    820 departures · 3 routes

    5.2%

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  • FLL

    Fort Lauderdale

    711 departures · 2 routes

    4.5%

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  • LAS

    Las Vegas

    674 departures · 3 routes

    4.3%

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  • PHX

    Phoenix

    422 departures · 2 routes

    2.7%

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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?

Delta Air Lines 757-300 — 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 airframeN582NWBoeing 757-30024.3 yr · Delivered Jul 20, 2002
Newest airframeN596NWBoeing 757-30023.0 yr · Delivered Oct 21, 2003

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Monthly Delta Air Lines 757-300 capacity

1.4K
1.3K
1.4K
1.3K
1.5K
1.4K
1.3K
1.4K
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1.3K
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1.3K
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Monthly Delta Air Lines 757-300 departures across US routes, trailing 12 months through July 2026. Peak month in solid ink.

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 DTW–MCO.

How old are Delta Air Lines's 757-300?

Delta Air Lines's 757-300 fleet averages about 23.7 yr, ranging from 23.0 yr to 24.3 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.

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