Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Delta Air Lines, Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $4.0B
- Total assets
- 6,579
- Participants
- 100th
- Percentile by assets
- $600,826
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Contract Employees · Sponsored by Delta Air Lines, Inc. · Georgia · Transportation & Warehousing
$4.0B in assets, 6,579 participants
Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Contract Employees reported $4.0B in total assets and 6,579 participants in its 2024 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.
- 100th percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- #3,273 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
Coverage in Georgia
Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Contract Employees covers 6,579 participants in Georgia, 6.0x the typical Georgia plan (state average ~1,096 per filing). Assets: $4.0B.
- $4.0B
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 6,579
- covered participants
- 100th
- percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- $600,826
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Contract Employees reported net income fell from $326M in the plan year 2023 filing to $108M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Contract Employees reported participants fell from 6,817 in the plan year 2023 filing to 6,579 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Contract Employees end-of-year assets rose from $3.8B in the plan year 2023 filing to $4.0B in the plan year 2024 filing.
Participants vs Georgia filers
In Georgia, the average filing covers about 1,096 participants across 3,635 plans. Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Contract Employees reports 6,579 participants - 6.0x that state average ($4.0B EOY assets).
Georgia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $4.0B |
| Net Income | $108M |
| Employer EIN | 580218548 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1970-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Delta Air Lines, Inc.)
| 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.
Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Contract Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants
- UPS Retirement Plan $21.2B · 43,465
- The Southern Company Pension Plan $15.3B · 25,843
- UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan $12.2B · 69,627
- UPS Pension Plan $9.3B · 157,587
- Delta Retirement Plan $7.3B · 15,222
Scale composition for Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Contract Employees
Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Contract Employees reports $4.0B in end-of-year assets across 6,579 participants (0.032% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $600,826 per participant (4.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $108M.
This plan identity (EIN 580218548, plan #016) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.5B to $4.0B (+12.3%) while covered participants moved from 6,939 to 6,579 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6,939 | $3.5B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 6,817 | $3.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 6,579 | $4.0B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan (401(k), $19.0B, 89,836 participants)
- Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots (401(k), $15.9B, 14,473 participants)
- Delta Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $7.3B, 15,222 participants)
- Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees (Defined Benefit (Pension), $4.5B, 1,352 participants)
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Contract Employees by total assets, not by location.
- New York Life Insurance Company Pension Plan (NY) $4.0B · 9,376
- Ohio Operating Engineers Pension Plan (OH) $3.9B · 10,387
- Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle Nfl Player Retirement Plan (MD) $4.0B · 2,463
- Lucent Technologies Inc. Pension Plan (NJ) $4.0B · N/A
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Contract Employees's numbers.
- By total assets, Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Contract Employees ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia. Compare plans
- Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 27.8% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Transportation & Warehousing plans