Where Delta Air Lines flies
Delta Air Lines filed 1,795,969 departures in the twelve months through July 2026, led by Atlanta, across 15 of its busiest city pairs.
Departures
1,795,969
July 2026
Seats flown
245,302,799
Passengers
201.3M
Load factor
83.6%
RPM ÷ ASM
Busiest Delta Air Lines airports
Where Delta Air Lines operates the most departures — its hubs and focus cities.
- ATL
268,131 departures · 45,563,373 seats flown
14.9%
Share
- MSP
70,806 departures · 11,991,916 seats flown
3.9%
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- DTW
65,405 departures · 11,007,362 seats flown
3.6%
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- SLC
57,654 departures · 9,408,738 seats flown
3.2%
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- JFK
45,181 departures · 8,994,314 seats flown
2.5%
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- LAX
40,356 departures · 7,408,256 seats flown
2.2%
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- SEA
35,570 departures · 6,217,873 seats flown
2.0%
Share
- BOS
29,736 departures · 5,286,750 seats flown
1.7%
Share
Busiest Delta Air Lines routes
The city pairs Delta Air Lines flies most, ranked by filed departures.
10,880 departures · 1,924,396 passengers
88.5%
Load
9,514 departures · 1,484,268 passengers
82.7%
Load
8,761 departures · 1,515,426 passengers
88.4%
Load
8,501 departures · 1,430,507 passengers
87.2%
Load
7,676 departures · 1,395,629 passengers
88.4%
Load
7,587 departures · 1,246,032 passengers
85.8%
Load
7,538 departures · 1,136,796 passengers
85.0%
Load
7,519 departures · 1,222,092 passengers
84.2%
Load
7,472 departures · 974,983 passengers
82.3%
Load
7,298 departures · 1,143,637 passengers
82.6%
Load
7,296 departures · 1,198,701 passengers
87.7%
Load
6,711 departures · 851,687 passengers
83.4%
Load
6,636 departures · 757,806 passengers
81.7%
Load
6,599 departures · 1,121,123 passengers
86.4%
Load
6,593 departures · 1,155,211 passengers
86.6%
Load
What Delta Air Lines flies
Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not fleet count.
223,912 departures · 83.7% load
19.0%
Share
180,120 departures · 84.8% load
15.3%
Share
143,790 departures · 83.3% load
12.2%
Share
100,956 departures · 81.2% load
8.6%
Share
87,970 departures · 84.9% load
7.5%
Share
82,988 departures · 84.9% load
7.0%
Share
76,547 departures · 80.5% load
6.5%
Share
66,161 departures · 80.5% load
5.6%
Share
54,202 departures · 82.7% load
4.6%
Share
43,572 departures · 81.7% load
3.7%
Share
25,899 departures · 86.2% load
2.2%
Share
22,318 departures · 84.1% load
1.9%
Share
Monthly Delta Air Lines capacity
Monthly Delta Air Lines departures, trailing 12 months through July 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.
August 2025
103,060 departures · 14,970,025 passengers
86.7%
Load
September 2025
97,006 departures · 13,547,196 passengers
83.0%
Load
October 2025
102,043 departures · 14,396,236 passengers
84.0%
Load
November 2025
94,138 departures · 12,545,523 passengers
80.0%
Load
December 2025
96,145 departures · 13,350,911 passengers
82.8%
Load
January 2026
89,787 departures · 12,061,663 passengers
80.3%
Load
February 2026
84,372 departures · 11,701,707 passengers
81.0%
Load
March 2026
98,264 departures · 14,045,112 passengers
84.9%
Load
April 2026
99,936 departures · 13,868,091 passengers
82.6%
Load
May 2026
104,195 departures · 14,997,331 passengers
84.8%
Load
June 2026
102,522 departures · 15,236,836 passengers
88.0%
Load
July 2026
105,783 departures · 15,758,080 passengers
88.2%
Load
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through July 2026.