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Route Reliability

Hartford → Detroit

BDL–DTW · 549 miles · Bradley International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
88%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
1.8%
Cancelled
1,318
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines88% on time · 1,235 flights
  • Spirit Airlines86% on time · 83 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

BDL–DTW flights departing between 6–9 PM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 84% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

BDL–DTW flights arrived on time 93% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 83%.

Trending in the right direction.

BDL–DTW flights arrived on time 91% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% 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
  • Mon89%(186 flights)
  • Tue88%(193 flights)
  • Wed93%(190 flights)
  • Thu90%(191 flights)
  • Fri86%(189 flights)
  • Sat87%(157 flights)
  • Sun83%(187 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM91%(358 flights)
  • 6–9 AM84%(56 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(179 flights)
  • 12–3 PM87%(359 flights)
  • 3–6 PM84%(317 flights)
  • 6–9 PM100%(24 flights)
On-time trend by month
92%
May

Jun 82% → May 92% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%129
July 202586%145
August 202590%144
September 202596%110
October 202596%113
November 202588%106
December 202578%104
January 202679%81
February 202686%73
March 202690%88
April 202692%89
May 202692%111

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Based on 1,318 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.