Informational Guide to John F. Kennedy International - New York (JFK) - NON OFFICIAL

DL488 Delta Air Lines - Flight Status

Below, you can find details about Delta Air Lines flight DL488, which currently operates between the airports of New York - New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (Airport Code JFK) and Cancun - Cancun International Airport (Airport Code CUN).
This flight data pertains specifically to the flight's details for Sunday, January 04, 2026.

DL488 On Time performance:
93
We have calculated the percentage of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled time, or earlier, based on real flight data from the last 3 months. More about punctuality and delays

Flight Status

DL488 Delta Air Lines to Cancun

We only provide flight information for yesterday, today and tomorrow. This flight is not scheduled for this interval of time.

Airline information

Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines

Departure

New York (JFK)
January 04, 2026
New York John F. Kennedy International Airport

Arrival

Cancun (CUN)
January 04, 2026
Cancun International Airport
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Codeshare Flights

This flight is shared with other airlines, this means that these other flights are the same:

- AF3716 - Air France

- AM4471 - Aeromexico

- KE7593 - Korean Air

- KL7455 - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Additional Information

Which is the frequency of flight DL488?
The flight DL488 is scheduled to flight on daily basis.

Which is the distance of flight DL488?
The distance between the two airports is 1557 miles.

Which is the flight time of flight DL488?
The scheduled flight time gate to gate is: 04:22 hours.
The real flight time gate to gate on average is: 04:01 hours.

Are the departure airport and arrival airport at the same Time Zone?
Yes, both airports are in the same timezone.

Alternative Flights

The following airlines serves the same route between New York and Cancun:

American Airlines
- Flight Number: AA1327. (On Time performance: 64 - Average Delay: 37 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA816. (On Time performance: 89 - Average Delay: 15 minutes)

JetBlue
- Flight Number: B61051. (On Time performance: 57 - Average Delay: 25 minutes)
- Flight Number: B6151. (On Time performance: 93 - Average Delay: 7 minutes)
- Flight Number: B61851. (On Time performance: 61 - Average Delay: 36 minutes)
- Flight Number: B6751. (On Time performance: 72 - Average Delay: 17 minutes)

Delta Air Lines
- Flight Number: DL2794.
- Flight Number: DL621. (On Time performance: 73 - Average Delay: 17 minutes)
- Flight Number: DL644. (On Time performance: 29 - Average Delay: 58 minutes)

Punctuality and delays

We have gathered data from recent months and present below an analysis of how timely the flights have been.

In terms of On-Time Performance, by analyzing the flight data from the last three months, spanning from December 20, 2025 to January 03, 2026, we have obtained these figures.
Total number of flights: 15
On Time: 14 ( 93 % )
Moderate Delay: 1 ( 7 % )
Significant Delay: 0 ( 0 % )
Major Delay: 0 ( 0 % )
Canceled: 0 ( 0 % )
Diverted: 0 ( 0 % )

Average Delay: 1 minutes.
Delays analyzed by Week: It is not possible to calculate the On-Time Performance for this flight accurately by weekday due to insufficient or non-representative data, as doing so could lead to misleading conclusions
Delays analyzed by Month: We have gathered available data from last twelve closed months, spanning from January 02, 2025 to December 31, 2025. Next, you can observe the results broken down by month: number of flights analyzed, on-time performance per month, and average delay per month.

Note: We have excluded some months from the graph, since the quantity and quality of the data is not representative enough.

Last Past Flights DL488

Date
Departure
Arrival
Duration
Aircraft
Status
Sunday
04 January
05:25 pm
New York (JFK)
09:16 pm
Cancun (CUN)
03h 51min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - On-time
Saturday
03 January
05:31 pm
New York (JFK)
09:30 pm
Cancun (CUN)
03h 59min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - On-time
Friday
02 January
05:21 pm
New York (JFK)
09:50 pm
Cancun (CUN)
04h 29min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - On-time
Thursday
01 January
05:23 pm
New York (JFK)
09:33 pm
Cancun (CUN)
04h 10min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - On-time
Wednesday
31 December
05:19 pm
New York (JFK)
09:14 pm
Cancun (CUN)
03h 55min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - On-time
Tuesday
30 December
05:30 pm
New York (JFK)
09:45 pm
Cancun (CUN)
04h 15min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - On-time
Monday
29 December
05:31 pm
New York (JFK)
10:03 pm
Cancun (CUN)
04h 32min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - Delayed
Sunday
28 December
05:28 pm
New York (JFK)
09:07 pm
Cancun (CUN)
03h 39min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - On-time
Saturday
27 December
05:46 pm
New York (JFK)
09:41 pm
Cancun (CUN)
03h 55min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - On-time
Friday
26 December
05:25 pm
New York (JFK)
09:39 pm
Cancun (CUN)
04h 14min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo