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Route Reliability

BGM → Detroit

BGM–DTW · 378 miles · BGM Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
282
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 282 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

BGM–DTW flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 79% of the time, versus 69% between 3–6 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

BGM–DTW flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Sundays and just 69% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

BGM–DTW flights arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(39 flights)
  • Tue75%(40 flights)
  • Wed79%(38 flights)
  • Thu69%(39 flights)
  • Fri76%(41 flights)
  • Sat80%(40 flights)
  • Sun87%(38 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM79%(246 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(29 flights)
On-time trend by month
96%
May

Jun 90% → May 96% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202590%30
July 202567%30
August 202584%31
September 202593%30
October 202597%31
November 202585%27
December 202546%28
January 202645%29
February 202664%14
May 202696%25

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Based on 282 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.