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Route Reliability

Albany → Detroit

ALBDTW · 489 miles · Albany International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
1,284
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 1,284 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

ALB–DTW flights departing between 6–9 PM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 75% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ALB–DTW flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 79%.

Trending in the right direction.

ALB–DTW flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 67% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon81%(180 flights)
  • Tue84%(183 flights)
  • Wed85%(185 flights)
  • Thu87%(185 flights)
  • Fri80%(183 flights)
  • Sat81%(161 flights)
  • Sun79%(187 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM80%(93 flights)
  • 6–9 AM94%(268 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM93%(189 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(358 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(322 flights)
  • 6–9 PM97%(34 flights)
On-time trend by month
96%
May

Jun 74% → May 96% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%116
July 202580%117
August 202590%115
September 202597%107
October 202595%116
November 202585%102
December 202564%106
January 202661%88
February 202676%83
March 202669%91
April 202692%106
May 202696%117

Based on 1,284 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.