Route Reliability
Albany → Detroit
ALB–DTW · 489 miles · Albany International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
- 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
- Mon81%(180 flights)
- Tue84%(183 flights)
- Wed85%(185 flights)
- Thu87%(185 flights)
- Fri80%(183 flights)
- Sat81%(161 flights)
- Sun79%(187 flights)
- 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)
Jun 74% → May 96% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 74% | 116 |
| July 2025 | 80% | 117 |
| August 2025 | 90% | 115 |
| September 2025 | 97% | 107 |
| October 2025 | 95% | 116 |
| November 2025 | 85% | 102 |
| December 2025 | 64% | 106 |
| January 2026 | 61% | 88 |
| February 2026 | 76% | 83 |
| March 2026 | 69% | 91 |
| April 2026 | 92% | 106 |
| May 2026 | 96% | 117 |
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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.