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Route Reliability

ATW → Detroit

ATW–DTW · 296 miles · ATW Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
1,072
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 79% of the time across 1,072 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ATW–DTW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 71% between 6–9 PM.

Mondays have been rough.

ATW–DTW flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Saturdays and just 72% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

ATW–DTW flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 64% 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
  • Mon72%(151 flights)
  • Tue80%(153 flights)
  • Wed80%(151 flights)
  • Thu75%(151 flights)
  • Fri75%(154 flights)
  • Sat90%(149 flights)
  • Sun79%(149 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(359 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM75%(356 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(4 flights)
  • 3–6 PM84%(79 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(260 flights)
On-time trend by month
93%
May

Jun 82% → May 93% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%88
July 202572%86
August 202595%91
September 202591%90
October 202590%93
November 202582%85
December 202563%90
January 202658%87
February 202670%80
March 202659%85
April 202686%90
May 202693%93

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Based on 1,072 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.