Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Delta Air Lines, Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $4.5B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 1,352
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $3.3M
- 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, 1,352 participants
Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees reported $4.5B in total assets and 1,352 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.
- #3,276 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 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 1,352 participants (~$3.3M/participant), down 0.3% in 2024.
- #3,276
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
- -0.3%
- assets change YoY
- 45×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $15M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
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 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$4,505,320,963 Highest reported value at or above every one of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 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 (1,352 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees reported net income fell from $262M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$15M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees reported participants fell from 1,483 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,352 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees end-of-year assets fell from $4.5B in the plan year 2023 filing to $4.5B in the plan year 2024 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 580218548 · Delta Air Lines, Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees · $4.5B · 1,352 · 100th
- RANK $4.5B
- RANK 1,352
- RANK 100th
- RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
- RANK near International Painters and Allied Trades Industry Pension Plan
- RANK ind #3276
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 (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $4.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $4.5B |
| Net Income | -$15M |
| 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.
- 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
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 International Painters and Allied Trades Industry Pension Plan in MD ($4.5B); by covered participants it is Lvmh Affiliates' Retirement Plan in NY (1,352 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($4.5B here).
- International Painters and Allied Trades Industry Pension Plan (MD) $4.5B · 45,029
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union Local 710 Pension Fund (IL) $4.5B · 8,163
- Usaa Pension Plan (TX) $4.6B · 31,427
- Building Service 32bj Pension Fund (NY) $4.6B · 53,357
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,352 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Lvmh Affiliates' Retirement Plan (NY) 1,352 · 0 off
- Stagehands Local Two Retirement Plan (IL) 1,353 · 1 off
- Minnesota & North Dakota Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Pension Fund (MN) 1,353 · 1 off
- Sheet Metal Workers' Local 100 Washington, D.C. Area Pension Fund (OR) 1,355 · 3 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.