Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Delta Air Lines, Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $214M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 628
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 95th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $341,404
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees · Sponsored by Delta Air Lines, Inc. · Georgia · Transportation & Warehousing
$214M in assets, 628 participants
Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees reported $214M in total assets and 628 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.
- #3,137 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
Where Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees sits by assets
Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $214M for 628 participants (~$341,404/participant), up 8.8% in 2023.
- #3,137
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
- +8.8%
- assets growth YoY
- 2.2×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees's outsized position by total assets
Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$214,401,425 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 Salaried Employees among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees sits mid-pack in the medium band (628 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees reported net income rose from -$9M in the plan year 2022 filing to $17M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees end-of-year assets rose from $197M in the plan year 2022 filing to $214M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees reported participants fell from 645 in the plan year 2022 filing to 628 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 580218548 · Delta Air Lines, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees · $214M · 628 · 95th
- PCT $214M
- PCT 628
- PCT 95th
- PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PCT near Retirement Plan for Partners of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
- PCT ind #3137
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 Salaried Employees in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $197M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $214M |
| Net Income | $17M |
| Employer EIN | 580218548 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1946-10-01 |
| 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 Salaried Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Georgia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Plan for Partners of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in MA ($214M); by covered participants it is Southern Alaska Carpenters Retirement Plan in WA (628 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($214M here).
- Retirement Plan for Partners of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (MA) $214M · 248
- University of Virginia Physicians Group Clinicians Supplemental Retirement Plan (VA) $215M · 505
- Firmenich Pension Plan (NJ) $214M · 363
- Freight Drivers and Helpers Local Union No. 557 Pension Plan (MD) $214M · 234
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (628 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Southern Alaska Carpenters Retirement Plan (WA) 628 · 0 off
- The Associated Press Consolidated Retirement Plan (NY) 627 · 1 off
- Wood County Hospital Retirement Plan (OH) 627 · 1 off
- Opeiu Locals 30 & 537 Retirement Fund (CA) 627 · 1 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.