Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Delta Air Lines, Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $4.5B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 1,483
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $3.0M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees · Sponsored by Delta Air Lines, Inc. · Georgia · Transportation & Warehousing
$4.5B in assets, 1,483 participants
Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees reported $4.5B in total assets and 1,483 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.
- #3,340 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
Where Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees sits by assets
Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees sits among the largest 1% of all filed plans, $4.5B for 1,483 participants (~$3.0M/participant), up 6.1% in 2023.
- #3,340
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
- +6.1%
- assets growth YoY
- 45×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees's outsized position by total assets
Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$4,520,470,228 Highest reported value at or above every one of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees lands in the large band (1,483 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees reported net income rose from -$141M in the plan year 2022 filing to $262M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees end-of-year assets rose from $4.3B in the plan year 2022 filing to $4.5B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees reported participants fell from 1,560 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,483 in the plan year 2023 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 580218548 · Delta Air Lines, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees · $4.5B · 1,483 · 100th
- BOOK $4.5B
- VS-ST 1,483
- BOY 100th
- SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EBSA near Producer-Writers Guild of America Pension Plan
- PART ind #3340
Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Georgia →
Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $4.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $4.5B |
| Net Income | $262M |
| Employer EIN | 580218548 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1956-04-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Delta Air Lines, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Delta Air Lines, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $51.4B 27.83790401128044% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | 112,289 | $40.2B |
| 2023 | 12 | 136,516 | $46.0B |
| 2024 | 12 | 145,368 | $51.4B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Georgia
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- The Southern Company Pension Plan $15.6B · 25,241
- UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan $12.3B · 70,241
- UPS Pension Plan $9.7B · 153,217
- Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan $7.4B · 24,023
- Delta Retirement Plan $7.3B · 15,601
Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Georgia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Producer-Writers Guild of America Pension Plan in CA ($4.5B); by covered participants it is Laborers Local 57 Industrial Pension Plan in PA (1,480 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($4.5B here).
- Producer-Writers Guild of America Pension Plan (CA) $4.5B · 10,450
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Electric Boat) (VA) $4.5B · 5,069
- National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Pension Fund (MD) $4.5B · 15,047
- Hp Inc. Pension Plan (TX) $4.6B · 3,281
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,483 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Laborers Local 57 Industrial Pension Plan (PA) 1,480 · 3 off
- Bridgestone Americas, Inc. Non-Contributory Pension Plan (TN) 1,480 · 3 off
- Glen Raven, Inc. Pension Plan (NC) 1,479 · 4 off
- Local 817 Ibt Pension Fund (NY) 1,488 · 5 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.