Delta Rated Top Domestic Airline For Fewest Delays, Shortest Delay Times

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ATLANTA, GA -- Delta Air Lines has been rated No. 1 in the nation in terms of fewer flight delays and cancellations, and the shortest average time for delays.

WanderBat, a travel research engine that’s part of the Graphiq network, aggregated data from the Bureau of Transportation Services to rank every domestic airline by flight difficulties. It looked at the past 12 months of the most recently available airline data (March 2015 through February 2016) and calculated the percent of flights from each airline that experienced an arrival delay or a cancellation.

With 888,058 flights, only 28.5 percent were delayed or cancelled, which is 8 percent below the national average. Delta's average length of delay was 32 minutes.

Here's the rest of the top 10:

2. Alaska Airlines
3. United Airlines
4. American Airlines
5. Hawaiian Airlines
6. Southwest Airlines
7. Skywest Airlines
8. ExpressJet Airlines
9. Virgin America
10. JetBlue Airways

Image: Delta Air Lines