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Route Reliability

Burlington → Detroit

BTV–DTW · 537 miles · Burlington International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

73
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
16 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
720
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 75% of the time across 720 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

BTV–DTW flights departing between 6–9 PM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 31% between 3–6 AM.

Tuesday is the weak spot.

BTV–DTW flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Saturdays. On Tuesdays: 69%.

Trending in the right direction.

BTV–DTW flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 58% 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
  • Mon70%(104 flights)
  • Tue69%(101 flights)
  • Wed76%(100 flights)
  • Thu79%(100 flights)
  • Fri76%(101 flights)
  • Sat83%(96 flights)
  • Sun74%(105 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM31%(16 flights)
  • 6–9 AM85%(337 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(4 flights)
  • 12–3 PM90%(10 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(325 flights)
  • 6–9 PM100%(15 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 63% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%60
July 202578%60
August 202589%62
September 202584%55
October 202597%62
November 202578%54
December 202548%56
January 202654%57
February 202671%55
March 202668%59
April 202688%66
May 202682%61

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Based on 720 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.