Route Reliability
Anchorage → Detroit
ANC–DTW · 2,986 miles · Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 75%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 15 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0%
- Cancelled
- 123
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Airlines on this route
- Delta Air Lines76% on time · 110 flights
- Alaska Airlines69% on time · 13 flights
Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.
What the data says
9 PM–12 AM has a slight edge.
Departures between 9 PM–12 AM arrived on time 76% of the time, against 69% between 6–9 PM.
Thursdays have been rough.
ANC–DTW flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Tuesdays and just 63% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.
It basically never cancels.
Out of 123 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon80%(15 flights)
- Tue87%(15 flights)
- Wed73%(15 flights)
- Thu63%(16 flights)
- Fri75%(16 flights)
- Sat79%(29 flights)
- Sun65%(17 flights)
- 6–9 PM69%(13 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM76%(110 flights)
27%
May
Jun 79% → May 27% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 79% | 33 |
| July 2025 | 71% | 35 |
| August 2025 | 83% | 36 |
| May 2026 | 27% | 11 |
Keep nerding
Based on 123 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.