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Airport Reliability

DTW · Detroit

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

79%
Departures within 15 minutes
15 min
Average departure delay
80%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
1.7%
Departures cancelled

Based on 144,431 departures and 144,420 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

Departures from DTW departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 69% between 6–9 PM.

Tuesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 80% on time on Tuesdays against 73% on Sundays.

Trending in the right direction.

Departures from DTW arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 68% in the three months before that.

When DTW gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM—(1 flights)
  • 3–6 AM89%(2143 flights)
  • 6–9 AM85%(31308 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(21009 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(25513 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(26565 flights)
  • 6–9 PM69%(21862 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM74%(13233 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(20967 flights)
  • Tue80%(19804 flights)
  • Wed78%(19811 flights)
  • Thu79%(20939 flights)
  • Fri75%(20935 flights)
  • Sat80%(18051 flights)
  • Sun73%(21127 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 75% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%12491
July 202574%13018
August 202582%12832
September 202588%11925
October 202586%12727
November 202579%11268
December 202562%11325
January 202665%10360
February 202677%10024
March 202672%11809
April 202681%11928
May 202681%11927

Airlines departing DTW

Busiest routes from DTW

Based on 144,431 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.