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.

Filed traffic data

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

    Atlanta

    268,577 departures · 45,761,044 seats flown

    15.0%

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  • MSP

    Minneapolis

    71,297 departures · 12,084,539 seats flown

    4.0%

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  • DTW

    Detroit

    65,569 departures · 11,038,427 seats flown

    3.7%

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  • SLC

    Salt Lake City

    57,566 departures · 9,408,680 seats flown

    3.2%

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  • JFK

    New York

    45,518 departures · 9,071,453 seats flown

    2.5%

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  • LAX

    Los Angeles

    40,175 departures · 7,379,916 seats flown

    2.2%

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  • SEA

    Seattle

    35,530 departures · 6,184,880 seats flown

    2.0%

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  • BOS

    Boston

    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.

  • ATLMCO

    10,851 departures · 1,933,929 passengers

    88.1%

    Load

  • ATLLGA

    9,553 departures · 1,485,959 passengers

    82.4%

    Load

  • ATLTPA

    8,812 departures · 1,517,463 passengers

    87.9%

    Load

  • ATLFLL

    8,395 departures · 1,412,886 passengers

    86.3%

    Load

  • ATLLAX

    7,728 departures · 1,401,708 passengers

    88.2%

    Load

  • ATLJAX

    7,572 departures · 1,247,553 passengers

    85.7%

    Load

  • ATLRDU

    7,554 departures · 1,132,330 passengers

    84.7%

    Load

  • ATLDTW

    7,434 departures · 1,196,849 passengers

    83.6%

    Load

  • ATLDCA

    7,420 departures · 980,051 passengers

    81.8%

    Load

  • ATLPBI

    7,399 departures · 1,159,750 passengers

    82.6%

    Load

  • ATLBOS

    7,219 departures · 1,183,608 passengers

    87.5%

    Load

  • ATLBNA

    6,692 departures · 864,026 passengers

    83.1%

    Load

  • ATLLAS

    6,649 departures · 1,152,064 passengers

    85.9%

    Load

  • ATLMIA

    6,623 departures · 1,125,625 passengers

    85.8%

    Load

  • JFKLAX

    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.

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.