Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Delta Air Lines, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-11

$219M
Total assets: 584
Participants: 95th
Percentile by assets: $375,682
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees · Sponsored by Delta Air Lines, Inc. · Georgia · Transportation & Warehousing

$219M in assets, 584 participants

Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees reported $219M in total assets and 584 participants in its 2024 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.

95th percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
#3,062 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 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, $219M for 584 participants (~$375,682/participant), up 2.3% in 2024.

$219M
total plan assets (2024 EOY): 584
covered participants: 95th
percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans): $375,682
avg assets per participant

Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees reported net income fell from $17M in the plan year 2023 filing to $5M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees reported participants fell from 628 in the plan year 2023 filing to 584 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees end-of-year assets rose from $214M in the plan year 2023 filing to $219M in the plan year 2024 filing.

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State

Georgia

Industry

Transportation & Warehousing

Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees vs the 2024 asset distribution

By assets, Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees outranks 95% of the 123,622 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 2.2x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)	$214M
Net Assets (End of Year)	$219M
Net Income	$5M
Employer EIN	580218548
Plan Effective Date	1946-10-01
Filing Status	FILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Delta Air Lines, Inc.)

Total plan assets by year, all Delta Air Lines, Inc. plans on file

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 Salaried 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

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Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally

Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees by total assets, not by location.

Northwest Bank Pension Plan (PA) $220M · 1,158
Consolidated Pension Plan of Tufts Medicine, Inc. (MA) $220M · 766
Weill Cornell Medical College Non-Exempt and Frozen Retirement Plan (NY) $219M · 4,660
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP Employees' Pension & Retirement Plan (NY) $219M · 171

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees assets move in 2024? ▼

Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees edged up modestly - up 2.3% during 2024, from $214M to $219M. Reported net income was $5M.

How have Delta Air Lines, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼

Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 27.8%, from $40.2B to $51.4B.

Where does Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼

Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees ranks in the 95th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).

Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees? ▼

Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Northwest Bank Pension Plan in PA ($220M, 1,158 participants).

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Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 27.8% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Transportation & Warehousing plans

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 580218548.