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Delta Air Lines (DL) flights & route network

1,979 routes · 355 destinations · 5 hub airports across 77 countrys.

Figures computed from the public OpenFlights datasetData source: OpenFlights routes.dat

Airline code
DL
1,979
routes flown
355
destinations
77
countries

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Routes flown
1,979
scheduled routes
Destinations
355
unique airports served
Hub airports
5
top origins by route count
Countries served
77
destination markets
network hubs

Delta Air Lines hub airports

top 5 of 5 origins

Airports ranked by the number of Delta Air Lines routes originating from each IATA code. A higher count indicates a stronger hub — more nonstop destinations available from that airport.

route network

Routes operated by DL

50 of 1,979

Showing the 50 longest Delta Air Lines routes parsed from the OpenFlights routes dataset. Click any route for live fare comparison.

ATLJNB
Atlanta → Johannesburg
8,440 mi · 45m · South Africa
JNBATL
Johannesburg → Atlanta
8,440 mi · 45m · United States
LAXMEL
Los Angeles → Melbourne
7,927 mi · 45m · Australia
MELLAX
Melbourne → Los Angeles
7,927 mi · 45m · United States
ATLDXB
Atlanta → Dubai
7,587 mi · 45m · United Arab Emirates
DXBATL
Dubai → Atlanta
7,587 mi · 45m · United States
LAXSYD
Los Angeles → Sydney
7,495 mi · 45m · Australia
SYDLAX
Sydney → Los Angeles
7,494 mi · 13h 25m · United States
JFKPVG
New York → Shanghai
7,378 mi · 45m · China
PVGJFK
Shanghai → New York
7,378 mi · 45m · United States
CANLAX
Guangzhou → Los Angeles
7,219 mi · 45m · United States
LAXCAN
Los Angeles → Guangzhou
7,219 mi · 45m · China
BNELAX
Brisbane → Los Angeles
7,167 mi · 45m · United States
LAXBNE
Los Angeles → Brisbane
7,167 mi · 45m · Australia
ATLICN
Atlanta → Seoul
7,138 mi · 45m · South Korea
ICNATL
Seoul → Atlanta
7,138 mi · 45m · United States
DTWPVG
Detroit → Shanghai
7,122 mi · 45m · China
PVGDTW
Shanghai → Detroit
7,122 mi · 45m · United States
IADICN
Washington → Seoul
6,943 mi · 45m · South Korea
ICNIAD
Seoul → Washington
6,943 mi · 45m · United States
ICNJFK
Seoul → New York
6,890 mi · 45m · United States
JFKICN
New York → Seoul
6,890 mi · 45m · South Korea
ATLNRT
Atlanta → Tokyo
6,837 mi · 45m · Japan
NRTATL
Tokyo → Atlanta
6,837 mi · 45m · United States
DFWICN
Dallas-Fort Worth → Seoul
6,827 mi · 45m · South Korea
ICNDFW
Seoul → Dallas-Fort Worth
6,827 mi · 45m · United States
LAXTPE
Los Angeles → Taipei
6,787 mi · 45m · Taiwan
TPELAX
Taipei → Los Angeles
6,787 mi · 45m · United States
JFKNRT
New York → Tokyo
6,730 mi · 45m · Japan
NRTJFK
Tokyo → New York
6,730 mi · 45m · United States
DTWICN
Detroit → Seoul
6,620 mi · 45m · South Korea
ICNDTW
Seoul → Detroit
6,620 mi · 45m · United States
DTWPEK
Detroit → Beijing
6,616 mi · 45m · China
PEKDTW
Beijing → Detroit
6,616 mi · 45m · United States
DTWNGO
Detroit → Nagoya
6,537 mi · 45m · Japan
NGODTW
Nagoya → Detroit
6,537 mi · 45m · United States
ICNORD
Seoul → Chicago
6,536 mi · 45m · United States
ORDICN
Chicago → Seoul
6,536 mi · 45m · South Korea
AKLLAX
Auckland → Los Angeles
6,516 mi · 12h 45m · United States
LAXPVG
Los Angeles → Shanghai
6,472 mi · 45m · China
PVGLAX
Shanghai → Los Angeles
6,472 mi · 45m · United States
SFOTPE
San Francisco → Taipei
6,457 mi · 45m · Taiwan
TPESFO
Taipei → San Francisco
6,457 mi · 45m · United States
DTWNRT
Detroit → Tokyo
6,383 mi · 45m · Japan
NRTDTW
Tokyo → Detroit
6,383 mi · 45m · United States
FCOLAX
Rome → Los Angeles
6,340 mi · 45m · United States
LAXFCO
Los Angeles → Rome
6,340 mi · 45m · Italy
PVGSFO
Shanghai → San Francisco
6,138 mi · 45m · United States
SFOPVG
San Francisco → Shanghai
6,138 mi · 45m · China
LAXSVO
Los Angeles → Moscow
6,063 mi · 45m · Russia
network analysis

DL route network

Every figure below is computed live from the OpenFlights routes dataset at the time of page render. No prices, no fabricated carrier names — only the airline codes stored verbatim in thedirectCarriersJSON field on each FlightRoute row.

Longest route
ATL → JNB
8,440 mi · 45m
Atlanta → Johannesburg
Shortest route
IMT → RHI
67 mi · 45m
Iron Mountain → Rhinelander
Top destination country
United States
1,605 inbound routes
Network size
355 destinations
across 77 countrys · 5 hubs

All countries served by DL

Ranked by the number of Delta Air Lines routes arriving in each destination country. The leading market is where the airline concentrates most of its international capacity.

1.United States· 16052.Mexico· 593.Canada· 424.Japan· 275.Netherlands· 276.France· 247.United Kingdom· 168.South Korea· 129.Dominican Republic· 1210.China· 1011.Italy· 912.Brazil· 713.Germany· 614.Costa Rica· 615.Bahamas· 616.Jamaica· 517.Russia· 418.Nigeria· 419.Australia· 320.United Arab Emirates· 321.Taiwan· 322.Spain· 323.Guatemala· 324.Aruba· 325.Puerto Rico· 326.Netherlands Antilles· 327.Guam· 328.Haiti· 329.Turks and Caicos Islands· 330.Honduras· 3+47 more
airline profile

About flying with Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines (DL) operates 1,979 scheduled flight routes parsed from the OpenFlights public routes dataset.

From its primary hub at ATL (Atlanta, United States) the airline flies 210 nonstop routes, with 4 additional airports serving as regional connection points across the network.

The longest nonstop route operated by Delta Air Lines is Atlanta (ATL) to Johannesburg (JNB), covering 8,440 great-circle miles and averaging about 45m of flight time. Its shortest scheduled route — Iron Mountain (IMT) to Rhinelander (RHI) — covers just 67 miles.

Across the full network, Delta Air Lines serves 77 countrys; the most-served destination market is United States with 1,605 inbound routes.

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How to find the best Delta Air Lines fares

Booking out of ATL is usually the strongest fare play: Delta Air Lines concentrates 210 of its routess from Atlanta, and higher route density at a hub means more head-to-head competition — both from other Delta Air Lines departures and from rival carriers serving overlapping city pairs. Use the Kayak search box above with origin set to ATL to see the airline's full departure board at a glance.

Data sources & methodology

All route, hub, destination and country figures are computed directly from the OpenFlights public-domain routes dataset(openflights.org/data.php)— specifically the directCarriers JSON field on every FlightRoute row, where each airline code (e.g. DL) is parsed from the OpenFlightsroutes.dat airline identifier column. Carrier names come from the companion OpenFlights airlines.dat dataset. No prices or fare estimates appear on this page — those values fluctuate continuously across 100+ booking sites and are fetched live via Kayak at search time.

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