Delta Air Lines 757-300
DLNarrow-body jet
Fleet as reported in the 2025 annual filing · Registry & ages refreshed Nov 1, 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 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
16,317
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.
1,826 departures · 367,829 passengers · 957 mi
86.1%
Load
Orlando – Minneapolis (MCO–MSP)
1,782 departures · 364,648 passengers · 1,310 mi
87.5%
Load
Detroit – Fort Lauderdale (DTW–FLL)
1,060 departures · 193,666 passengers · 1,127 mi
78.1%
Load
Minneapolis – Fort Myers (MSP–RSW)
1,010 departures · 204,006 passengers · 1,416 mi
86.3%
Load
Atlanta – Los Angeles (ATL–LAX)
955 departures · 190,674 passengers · 1,947 mi
85.3%
Load
Detroit – Fort Myers (DTW–RSW)
948 departures · 192,391 passengers · 1,084 mi
86.7%
Load
936 departures · 196,844 passengers · 2,182 mi
89.9%
Load
Minneapolis – Phoenix (MSP–PHX)
705 departures · 137,316 passengers · 1,276 mi
83.3%
Load
Las Vegas – Minneapolis (LAS–MSP)
643 departures · 125,079 passengers · 1,299 mi
83.2%
Load
633 departures · 127,842 passengers · 983 mi
86.3%
Load
Atlanta – Minneapolis (ATL–MSP)
574 departures · 109,511 passengers · 907 mi
81.5%
Load
461 departures · 93,543 passengers · 1,892 mi
86.8%
Load
Los Angeles – Minneapolis (LAX–MSP)
454 departures · 88,760 passengers · 1,535 mi
83.6%
Load
Detroit – Los Angeles (DTW–LAX)
440 departures · 85,397 passengers · 1,979 mi
83.0%
Load
375 departures · 77,918 passengers · 1,927 mi
88.8%
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 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.
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
3,022 departures · 9 routes
19.3%
Share
- DTW
3,013 departures · 9 routes
19.3%
Share
- ATL
2,201 departures · 9 routes
14.1%
Share
- MCO
1,986 departures · 3 routes
12.7%
Share
- RSW
980 departures · 2 routes
6.3%
Share
- LAX
924 departures · 3 routes
5.9%
Share
- SEA
820 departures · 3 routes
5.2%
Share
- FLL
711 departures · 2 routes
4.5%
Share
- LAS
674 departures · 3 routes
4.3%
Share
- PHX
422 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 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.