Flight Reliability
DL 5414 · Delta Air Lines
Des Moines → Detroit (DSM–DTW)
91
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 89%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 5 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.4%
- Cancelled
- 13 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 365 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Skip Tuesday if you can.
DL 5414 arrived on time 94% of the time on Sundays. On Tuesdays: 82%.
A bit ahead of the DSM–DTW route.
DL 5414 arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 82% across the DSM–DTW route.
Better than the Delta Air Lines network average.
DL 5414 arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.
Trending in the right direction.
DL 5414 arrived on time 90% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon90%(51 flights)
- Tue82%(50 flights)
- Wed90%(52 flights)
- Thu90%(52 flights)
- Fri89%(52 flights)
- Sat86%(51 flights)
- Sun94%(52 flights)
87%
May
Jun 97% → May 87% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 97% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 90% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 90% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 97% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 87% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 86% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 79% | 29 |
| January 2026 | 87% | 30 |
| February 2026 | 82% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 93% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 90% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 87% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 91%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 360
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 365 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.