Where Delta Air Lines flies
Delta Air Lines filed 1,795,337 departures in the twelve months through May 2026, led by Atlanta, across 15 of its busiest city pairs.
Departures
1,795,337
May 2026
Seats flown
245,664,151
Passengers
201.3M
Load factor
83.5%
RPM ÷ ASM
Busiest Delta Air Lines airports
Where Delta Air Lines operates the most departures — its hubs and focus cities.
- ATL
268,577 departures · 45,761,044 seats flown
15.0%
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- MSP
71,297 departures · 12,084,539 seats flown
4.0%
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- DTW
65,569 departures · 11,038,427 seats flown
3.7%
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- SLC
57,566 departures · 9,408,680 seats flown
3.2%
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- JFK
45,518 departures · 9,071,453 seats flown
2.5%
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- LAX
40,175 departures · 7,379,916 seats flown
2.2%
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- SEA
35,530 departures · 6,184,880 seats flown
2.0%
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- BOS
29,598 departures · 5,230,192 seats flown
1.6%
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Busiest Delta Air Lines routes
The city pairs Delta Air Lines flies most, ranked by filed departures.
10,851 departures · 1,933,929 passengers
88.1%
Load
9,553 departures · 1,485,959 passengers
82.4%
Load
8,812 departures · 1,517,463 passengers
87.9%
Load
8,395 departures · 1,412,886 passengers
86.3%
Load
7,728 departures · 1,401,708 passengers
88.2%
Load
7,572 departures · 1,247,553 passengers
85.7%
Load
7,554 departures · 1,132,330 passengers
84.7%
Load
7,434 departures · 1,196,849 passengers
83.6%
Load
7,420 departures · 980,051 passengers
81.8%
Load
7,399 departures · 1,159,750 passengers
82.6%
Load
7,219 departures · 1,183,608 passengers
87.5%
Load
6,692 departures · 864,026 passengers
83.1%
Load
6,649 departures · 1,152,064 passengers
85.9%
Load
6,623 departures · 1,125,625 passengers
85.8%
Load
6,592 departures · 1,325,010 passengers
88.3%
Load
What Delta Air Lines flies
Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not fleet count.
225,349 departures · 83.3% load
19.1%
Share
180,068 departures · 84.6% load
15.3%
Share
143,732 departures · 83.3% load
12.2%
Share
100,987 departures · 80.9% load
8.6%
Share
88,594 departures · 84.7% load
7.5%
Share
83,453 departures · 84.5% load
7.1%
Share
76,158 departures · 80.3% load
6.5%
Share
68,621 departures · 80.4% load
5.8%
Share
52,761 departures · 82.3% load
4.5%
Share
42,382 departures · 81.5% load
3.6%
Share
26,237 departures · 86.4% load
2.2%
Share
21,857 departures · 84.3% load
1.8%
Share
Monthly Delta Air Lines capacity
Monthly Delta Air Lines departures, trailing 12 months through May 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.
June 2025
103,330 departures · 15,252,903 passengers
87.6%
Load
July 2025
106,941 departures · 15,770,847 passengers
87.5%
Load
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
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through May 2026.