Route Reliability
Buffalo → Detroit
BUF–DTW · 241 miles · Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
- 81%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 10 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.3%
- Cancelled
- 1,518
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 81% of the time across 1,518 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
BUF–DTW flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 77% between 3–6 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
BUF–DTW flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 76%.
Trending in the right direction.
BUF–DTW flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 68% 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
- Mon84%(218 flights)
- Tue79%(218 flights)
- Wed83%(219 flights)
- Thu79%(225 flights)
- Fri82%(217 flights)
- Sat85%(182 flights)
- Sun76%(219 flights)
- 6–9 AM85%(384 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM87%(258 flights)
- 12–3 PM79%(352 flights)
- 3–6 PM77%(323 flights)
- 6–9 PM77%(181 flights)
Jun 75% → May 85% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 75% | 137 |
| July 2025 | 81% | 143 |
| August 2025 | 89% | 143 |
| September 2025 | 95% | 137 |
| October 2025 | 92% | 146 |
| November 2025 | 82% | 110 |
| December 2025 | 61% | 105 |
| January 2026 | 68% | 88 |
| February 2026 | 75% | 95 |
| March 2026 | 74% | 117 |
| April 2026 | 85% | 129 |
| May 2026 | 85% | 148 |
Keep nerding
Based on 1,518 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.